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Adjective: sumptuary  'súmp-choo,e-ree [N. Amer], súmp-tyoo-u-ree [Brit]
  1. Regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behaviour
    "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding gambling"

See also: restrictive

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