banns

See also: Banns

English

Etymology

Alteration of bans.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

banns pl (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).
- 1766, George Colman, David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. […], London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […]; R[oberts] Baldwin, […]; R. Davis, […]; and T[homas] Davies, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, page 32:
  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.
Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.
- The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.

Synonyms

banns of marriage

Translations

announcement of a forthcoming marriage

Catalan: amonestacions f pl
Finnish: avioliittokuulutus (fi), kuulutus (fi)
French: bans (fr) m pl
German: Aufgebot (de) n
Irish: bannaí m pl, fógraí m pl, fógraí pósta m pl
Italian: pubblicazioni (it) f
Polish: zapowiedzi f pl
Swedish: lysning (sv) c
Tagalog: tawag sa kasal

Icelandic

Noun

banns

indefinite genitive singular of bann

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