banns

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CIDE DICTIONARY

banns, n. pl. [See Ban.].

Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

banns, n.pl. a notice read out on three successive Sundays in a parish church, announcing an intended marriage and giving the opportunity for objections.

Idiom

forbid the banns raise an objection to an intended marriage, esp. in church following the reading of the banns.

Etymology

pl. of BAN

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THESAURUS

banns

Gretna Green wedding, affiance, banns of matrimony, betrothal, betrothment, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, elopement, engagement, epithalamium, espousal, espousals, espousement, forced marriage, handfasting, honeymoon, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites, marriage, marriage contract, nuptial apartment, nuptial mass, nuptial song, nuptials, plighted faith, plighted troth, prothalamium, saffron veil, shotgun wedding, spousals, troth, wedding, wedding canopy, wedding song, wedding veil

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