Sumptuary

Word SUMPTUARY
Character 9
Hyphenation sump tu a ry
Pronunciations /ˈsʌm(p)tjʊəɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Sumptuary"

What do we mean by sumptuary?

Legally regulating expenditures considered extravagant. adjective

Legally prohibiting or discouraging, as by the imposition of taxes, certain behaviors. adjective

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. adjective

Laws intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel. adjective

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. adjective

Relating to a law; sumptuary laws or regulations, are those intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel. adjective

Regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior adjective

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

(of a law, regulation, etc.) Intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; to regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; or to forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel.

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The word "sumptuary" in example sentences

In those days there was a law, known as a sumptuary law, which regulated by statute the clothes that each class of people were privileged to wear. ❋ Unknown (1891)

Perhaps it was from this cause that the idea of sumptuary laws originated; for though, in some cases, the pride of being distinguished might occasion the sovereign to enact, or the higher orders of society to solicit them, yet they were always considered as tending to prevent ruinous extravagance. ❋ William Playfair (1791)

He was fascinated by the "sumptuary" distinctions that separated the truly well off from the "shoestring aristocrats" and the shoestring aristocrats from those simply aspiring to their status. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But even though it had been, golly, four or five years already since the dress laws - "sumptuary" laws they called them at school -- she just could not get used to them, after living in jeans all those years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And what this all points to to me is a new kind of sumptuary law, or an attack on what some people consider conspicuous consumption. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Me for Ponte: I want to know more about sumptuary laws as economic protectionism. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

The sumptuary laws of Rome defined exactly who could wear the Tyrian purple dye, and how much. ❋ Heather McDougal (2009)

Clearly, NY Times is not your typical local paper ... here are the Top 10 words: sui generis solipsistic louche laconic saturnine antediluvian epistemological shibboleths penury sumptuary ❋ Liz (2009)

Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were found guilty of breaking sumptuary law (per the 18th amendment) and were sentenced to a year in jail. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The campaign should be devoted to INFORM and to point out clearly what are the elements that could make Internet a sumptuary expense. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some were sumptuary laws indicating that only a person of a certain station (or nobility) could wear certain colors, fabrics or styles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For Ponte: Barton Beebe has a useful paper on sumptuary rules in TM. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

A torrent of sumptuary laws put furs and people in their proper place. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To the chap that brought up sumptuary laws -- as if that's what this is about: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obsidian crafts were used as farming, hunting, and military tools, as well as for religious purposes as sacrificial knives and sumptuary objects. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The government, he said, needed to regulate business and trade, care for the poor and incapable, invoke sumptuary laws, educate the masses, enforce prohibition . . . on and on it went. ❋ Glenn Beck (2010)

Trade regulations and sumptuary laws: Spinelli, xiv. ❋ DANIEL OKRENT (2010)

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