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1. (adj.) sumptuary
pertaining to or regulating expense or personal expenditure, esp. with the intent of restraining extravagance.
2. sumptuary
intended to regulate personal habits on moral or religious grounds.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L sūmptuārius, der. of sūmptu(s) spending, expense (sūm(ere) to take, procure)
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1. (adj) sumptuary
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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1. (adj) sumptuary
relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure
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