banns
/bænz/
Dictionary
noun
- 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).
- 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
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