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sumptuary law
noun
- a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- a law regulating personal expenditures designed to restrain extravagance, especially in food and dress.
sumptuary law
noun
- (formerly) a law imposing restraint on luxury, esp by limiting personal expenditure or by regulating personal conduct in religious and moral spheres
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sumptuary law1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
The sumptuary law for burying the dead in woollen, still occupies its place in their statute book.
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Mr. Holmes justly remarks: "This sumptuary law, for the matter and style, is a curiosity."
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He was very strict in his superintendence of the public morals, and passed a sumptuary law to restrain extravagance.
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Such an arrangement partakes of all the vice of a sumptuary law, and sumptuary laws are in their very essence mistakes.
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Surely there should be a sumptuary law compelling pastry-cooks to deal in cellars or behind drawn blinds.
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