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sumptuary

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1. sumptuary - Adjective

2. sumptuary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

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sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots Source: Internet

sumptuary laws forbidding gambling Source: Internet

History provides many examples of elaborate sumptuary laws that regulated what people could wear. Source: Internet

In some cultures, sumptuary laws regulate what men and women are required to wear. Source: Internet

Under their rule, sumptuary laws forbade anybody else from wearing the veil, thereby making it the distinctive dress of the ruling class. Source: Internet

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