Definition of "sumptuary law" []

• See under Sumptuary. (noun)

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• "Mohammed ibn Kala’ún, in the early eighth century (Hijrah = our fourteenth), issued a sumptuary law compelling Christians and"
• "Now this Crassus Orator’s father was one of the frugal sort, and put that ridiculous sumptuary law on the tablets — you know the one, "said Sulla."