Obs. rare. Also 8 sumture. [f. L. sumptus (see SUMPTUOUS) + -URE.]
1. Sumptuousness.
1616. Chapman, Homer’s Hymn Hermes, 127. Celebrating all Her traine of seruants; and collaterall Sumpture of Houses.
2. Expense; attrib. in sumpture law = sumptuary law.
1727. A. Hamilton, New Acc. E. Ind., II. xlvii. 164. For want of sumture Laws among them, it was hard to know the Gentleman from the Beggar.
