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Laws to limit the expenses of food and dress, or any luxury. The Romans had their sumptuary laws (leges sumptuārii). Such laws have been enacted in many states at various times. Those of England were all repealed by 1 James I., c. 25.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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