VCR Lesson 7 Presentation
Patricia Faucher
Fill in the Blank
The Word
1. Pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food.
2. relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury.
3. designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds. (sumptuary laws)
note: you will most likely see this word in historical documents. It is not used very often today because it is confusingly similar to the word Sumptuous. Sumptuous holds the opposite meaning
- Sumptuous- lavish; splendid and expensive
Roots!
SUMO- "to take"
SUMPTUS- "cost"
so you are taking the cost and limiting it
Synonyms
- restrictive
- limited
Antonyms
- nonrestrictive
choose the letter in the sentence in which the bold-faced letter is used incorrectly
B. The Catholic Religions Sumptuary Regulations state that during Lent you should not eat meat on Fridays.
C. After the wedding, the couple had a sumptuary all you can eat buffet for the guests.
D. While at business dinners, companies often put in place sumptuary regulations which state that you cannot spend more than a certain amount of money.