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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     Sumptuary laws or 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sumptuary
       adj : regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior;
             "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large
             houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding
             gambling"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sumptuary
     a.
     1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
  goods.
     2 (lb en law historical)
     3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
  etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
  apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
  article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
  commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
  or social#Adjective hierarchy.
     4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
  regulations.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sumptuary
     a.
     1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
  goods.
     2 (lb en law historical)
     3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
  etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
  apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
  article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
  commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
  or social#Adjective hierarchy.
     4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
  regulations.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sumptuary
     a.
     1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
  goods.
     2 (lb en law historical)
     3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
  etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
  apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
  article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
  commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
  or social#Adjective hierarchy.
     4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
  regulations.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sumptuary
     a.
     1 Relating to expenditure or expense#Noun, especially on luxury
  goods.
     2 (lb en law historical)
     3 # ''Chiefly in'' '''sumptuary law''': of a law#Noun, regulation,
  etc.: intended to limit#Verb or restrain the expenditure of citizens in
  apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use#Noun of certain
  article#Noun (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the price#Noun of
  commodity and the wage#Noun of labour#Noun, or to reinforce moral#Noun
  or social#Adjective hierarchy.
     4 # (lb en by extension) Of or relating to sumptuary laws or
  regulations.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sumptuary
     Englanti a.
     kulutusta koskeva t. siihen liittyvä

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
  محدد للنفقات

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
  Aufwands…

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/ 
  1. व्यय सम्बन्धी
        "We must try to limit and control our expenses."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
  1. költekezést szabályozó
  2. fényûzést szabályozó
  3. fényûzést korlátozó
  4. költekezést korlátozó

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  sumptuary /sˈʌmptjuːəɹi/
  1. sarfiyata ait masraflarla ilgili, masrafları sınırlayan. sumptuary law masrafları sınırlayan kanun
  2. din veya ahlâka dayanarak özel hayatı düzenleyen kanun.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 节省费用的,禁止奢侈的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 限制费用的,禁止奢侈的

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