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bannition

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of expulsion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • March 6, 1640, William Laud, letter to A. Frewen You will take order, when he comes out of the castle, to send him out of the university too by bannition.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin bannitio. See banish.