Banns Definition

banz
noun
An announcement, especially in a church, of an intended marriage.
American Heritage
The proclamation, generally made in church on three successive Sundays, of an intended marriage.
Webster's New World

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).

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Origin of Banns

  • Middle English banes pl. of ban proclamation from Old English gebann and from Old French ban (of Germanic origin bhā-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Banns Sentence Examples

  • Marriage by banns, licence or special licence cannot take place except in church.

  • I had strict orders to listen to the wedding banns, as my Auntie Win's name would be called out.

  • At first he refused to publish the banns of marriage between Mary and Bothwell, though in the end he yielded with a protest that he "abhorred and detested the marriage."

  • This would just give us time to have the banns three times, beginning with next Sunday.

  • This takes place as part of our regular 11am services We usually read the banns of marriage at the beginning of the service.

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