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Meaning of banns

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

banns

Pronunciation:/bænz/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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).

  2. Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.

    Example: The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banns

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