banns

/bænz/

noun

  1. 1

    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).

  2. 2

    Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.

    The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.

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