| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b nz |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also bans |
| PLURAL NOUN: | An announcement, especially in a church, of an intended marriage. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English banes, pl. of ban, proclamation, from Old English gebannand from Old French ban (of Germanic origin; see bh -2 in Appendix I).
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