English / idiom
Blue Law
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A statutory regulation prohibiting specific commercial or recreational activities on Sundays or holy days.
In context
01
Under an old state blue law, retail alcohol sales remain prohibited on Sunday mornings.
02
Local store owners organized a petition to abolish the antiquated blue law.
Synonyms
Sunday law,sumptuary restriction,religious ordinance
Antonyms
open commerce rule,secular deregulation,trade freedom
Collocations
repeal a blue law,strict blue law,antiquated blue law