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banns of marriage

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An alteration ofbans.

• IPA^(key): /bænz/
• Rhymes:-ænz
• Homophone:bans

banns pl (plural only)

1. Theannouncement of aforthcomingmarriage (legallyrequired for achurchwedding inEngland and Wales andread on thethreeSundayspreceding the marriage).

   Synonym:banns of marriage

   • 1766,George Colman,David Garrick,The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. […], London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […];R[oberts] Baldwin, […]; R. Davis, […]; andT[homas] Davies, […],→OCLC, Act II, scene ii,page32:

     VVhy thebanns 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.

2. (historical) Anypublicannouncement of anupcomingevent.
   • The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.

banns

1. indefinitegenitivesingular ofbann

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