Sumptuary in a sentence

Sumptuary meaning

1. Relating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods.
2. Chiefly in sumptuary law: of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labour, or to reinforce morals or social hierarchies.
3. Of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations.

Using Sumptuary

• The main meaning on this page is: Relating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods. | Chiefly in sumptuary law: of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labour, or to reinforce morals or social hierarchies. | Of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations.
• Useful related words include: restrictive.
• In the example corpus, sumptuary often appears in combinations such as: sumptuary laws.

Context around Sumptuary

• Average sentence length in these examples: 17.5 words
• Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
• Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Sumptuary

• In this selection, "sumptuary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, elaborate, cultures, rule and laws stand out and add context to how "sumptuary" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include of elaborate sumptuary laws that and some cultures sumptuary laws regulate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "sumptuary" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.