Sumptuary
[sʌmptʃuәri]
Definition
(adj.) regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior; 'sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots'; 'sumptuary laws forbidding gambling' .
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Definition
(a.) Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
Editor: Tracy
Definition
adj. pertaining to or regulating expense as in Sumptuary Laws which sought to prevent extravagance in banquets dress &c.
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Examples
- When it tries to do so by sumptuary legislation, nothing but mischief is invoked. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is a sumptuary law, too, restraining the luxury and extravagance of the poor. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thirdly, such taxes would operate less as sumptuary laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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