sumptuary

From early times, they pressed for sumptuary laws and taxes.

His feathers might be cut off for breaking a sumptuary law.

I would make a gentleman of him, in so far as the sumptuary laws allowed.

No piece of furniture has ever been so close an index to sumptuary changes.

In certain places sumptuary laws regulated the dress or the food of the people.

Sumptuary tax on sugar and soft drinks has also been suggested.

The sumptuary laws allowed him to wear six colours in his clothes, the same as the king.

Throughout history, societies have used sumptuary laws for a variety of purposes.

Sumptuary laws were not updated in China until after about 1550, but had long been ineffective.

This sumptuary code, while not restraining spending, does seem to have changed it.

In some cultures, sumptuary laws regulate what men and women are required to wear.

He passed a sumptuary law that restricted the purchase of certain luxuries.

In some old statutes, very curious sumptuary regulations as to women's dress occur.

The administrators occasionally brought about legal regulations on clothes (see sumptuary laws).

"Why are we not finding any sumptuary art?"

Below the £10 mark identification is a simple matter, thanks not least to the corroboration of the sumptuary acts.

Due to the sumptuary laws, deep purple was restricted to the nobility of the times.

Acceptance of sumptuary taxes may be greater than income tax or sales tax.

History provides many examples of elaborate sumptuary laws that regulated what people could wear.

This is a sumptuary law too, restraining the luxury and extravagance of the poor.

Like the rest of the population, they were bound by sumptuary laws based on the inheritance of their social class.

Meddle, and you snap the sinews with your sumptuary laws.

Thirdly, such taxes would operate less as sumptuary laws.

They found ways of evading the restrictive sumptuary laws.

The veil marked class status, and this dress code was regulated by sumptuary laws.