"banns" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bænz/
Rhymes: -ænz Etymology: Alteration of bans. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bans}} bans Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} banns pl (plural only)
  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). Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Marriage Translations (announcement of a forthcoming marriage): amonestacions [feminine, plural] (Catalan), avioliittokuulutus (Finnish), kuulutus (Finnish), bans [masculine, plural] (French), Aufgebot [neuter] (German), bannaí [masculine, plural] (Irish), fógraí [masculine, plural] (Irish), fógraí pósta [masculine, plural] (Irish), pubblicazioni [feminine] (Italian), zapowiedzi [feminine, plural] (Polish), lysning [common-gender] (Swedish), tawag sa kasal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-banns-en-noun-WhhVMik8 Disambiguation of Marriage: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'announcement of a forthcoming marriage': 74 26
  2. Historically, any public announcement of a coming event. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-banns-en-noun-2JGwJ9Am Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: banns of marriage

Alternative forms

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