name
Meaning 1
plural of Bann
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
banns
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/bænz/
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rhymes with -ænz
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homophone: bans
noun
Meaning 2
The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: banns of marriage
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any public announcement of an upcoming event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
Examples
- The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a public announcement of a proposed marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: announcement, promulgation
History
Etymology
An alteration of bans.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: amonestacions — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Finnish: avioliittokuulutus — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Finnish: kuulutus — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- French: bans — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- German: Aufgebot — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Irish: bannaí — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Irish: fógraí — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Irish: fógraí pósta — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Italian: pubblicazioni — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Polish: zapowiedzi — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Swedish: lysning — announcement of a forthcoming marriage
- Tagalog: tawag sa kasal — announcement of a forthcoming marriage