What does "dietary" mean?
Dietary: Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.
Additional senses
- 2.A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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