Costly

Of a high price; expensive; valuable; precious; dear; sumptuous. " Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy." - Shaks. Cost'mary, n. [Gr. kostos ; Lat. costum, an aromatic plant, and Maria , i. e the Virgin Mary. ( Bot .) A species of tansy dedicated to the Virgin; ale-cost. Costume, ( kos'tūm ,) n. [O. Fr. coustume , from L. Lat. constumo , same signification as L. Lat. consuetudo .] An established mode of dre , particularly that which is appropriate to a given age, place, person, .; as, a fancy costume . See DRESS. -The term applied to the acce ory belongings of a play, poem, picture, ., in harmony with time, place, and circumstance; as, stage-costume.