Sumptuary

//ˈsʌm(p)t͡ʃʊəɹi//

Synonyms for "sumptuary" (3 found)

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25 translations across 11 languages.

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Catalan

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  • sumptuari adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • sumptuari adj (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)
  • sumptuari adj (of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations)

Esperanto

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  • kontraŭluksa adj (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)
  • kontraŭluksa adj (of or relating to sumptuary laws or regulations)
  • priluksa adj (relating to expenditure or expense)

French

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  • somptuaire adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • somptuaire adj (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)

Galician

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  • suntuario adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • suntuario adj (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)

Ido

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  • luxala adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • luxala adj (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)

Italian

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  • sontuario adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • sontuario adj (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)
  • suntuario adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • suntuario adj (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)

Latin

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  • sūmptuārius adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • sūmptuārius adj (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)

Portuguese

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  • suntuário adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • suntuário adj (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)

Romanian

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  • somptuar adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • somptuar adj (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)

Spanish

2 entries
  • suntuario adj (relating to expenditure or expense)
  • suntuario adj (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)

Welsh

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  • gwrthwariant adj (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)

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Among the trade goods mentioned are not only luxury items but also food produce, which contradicts the idea of exclusively sumptuary trade. Quite possibly these northern lords maintained sporadic trade with Guayaquil in pre-Hispanic times.

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Some vvill vvonder, that Empſon and Dudley (the Royal Promoters then in prime) did not catch him [Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden] by the Collar, or pick an hole in his Govvn, upon the breach of ſome ruſty ſumptuary Statute; the rather, becauſe lately the Earl of Oxford vvas heavily fined for ſupernumerous attendance.

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When Sunday came, it was indeed a day of finery, which all my ſumptuary edicts could not reſtrain. How well ſo ever I fancied my lectures againſt pride had conquered the vanity of my daughters; yet I ſtill found them ſecretly attached to all their former finery: […]

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Out upon the folly of modern liberty, which has abolished sumptuary laws, and left us to all the horrors of our own inventions! Liberty of conscience is bad enough—the liberty of the press is still worse—but worst of all is liberty of taste in dress to common people.

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