banns
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/bænz/
Definition of banns
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(plural, plural-only)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).
“VVhy the banns have been publiſhed, and nobody has forbidden them, 'tis true—but you know either of the parties may change their minds even after they enter the church.”
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noun
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(plural, plural-only)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).
“VVhy the banns have been publiſhed, and nobody has forbidden them, 'tis true—but you know either of the parties may change their minds even after they enter the church.”
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(historical, plural, plural-only)Any public announcement of an upcoming event.
“The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.”
name
- (form-of, plural)plural of Bann
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
An alteration of bans.
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