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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sumptuary
    adj 1: regulating or controlling expenditure or personal
           behavior; "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of
           large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding
           gambling"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sumptuary \Sump"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. sumptuarius, fr. sumptus
   expense, cost, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take, use, spend; sub
   under + emere to take, buy: cf. F. somptuaire. See Redeem.]
   Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
   --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

   Sumptuary laws or Sumptuary regulations, 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.
      [1913 Webster]

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