ban

ban, n.

1. Hist. A public proclamation or summons. • Bans dealt with a variety of matters, such as the calling to arms of a lord’s vassals or the proclamation that an offender was henceforth to be considered an outlaw.

2. Eccles. law. An authoritative ecclesiastical prohibition; an interdict or excommunication.

3. BANNS OF MATRIMONY. — Also spelled bann.

ban, vb. To prohibit, esp. by legal means.

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