sumptuary in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sumptuary in the English»French Dictionary

sumptuary [Brit ˈsʌm(p)tjʊəri, Am ˈsəm(p)(t)ʃəˌwɛri] ADJ form

sumptuary

somptuaire

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

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

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

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Guild controlled systems of production and distribution, and the sumptuary laws made clothing both hard to come by and expensive for the common people.

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However, the extent to which simple violation of sumptuary laws represents true civil disobedience aimed at legal and/or social reform varies widely.

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Sumptuary laws govern the shape and composition of ancestral altars, requiring differences between commoners, chiefs and royalty.

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Because of the importance of social class, sumptuary laws were enacted, regulating dress and housing, including allowable styles, materials and frequency of purchase for different classes.

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As with all sumptuary laws, the degree to which these laws were followed and enforced varied greatly.

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Common targets of sumptuary taxes are alcohol and tobacco, gambling, and vehicles emitting excessive pollutants.

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Ignoring sumptuary laws imposed by the shogunate, he lived in luxury while his subjects and retainers fell deeper into poverty.

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