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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sump·tu·a·ry a.  Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
 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.
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