📖 Definitions of "Bans"
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Prohibition.
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A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
"Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice."
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The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
"France was at such a Pinch..that they call'd their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long discussed, and in a manner antiquated."
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A curse or anathema.
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To summon; to call out.
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To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
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To curse; to execrate.
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To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
"Bare feet are banned in this establishment."
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A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
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A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bans"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prohibitionnoun | A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol. |
| interdictionnoun | The act of interdicting or something interdicted. |
| forbiddancenoun | An act of forbidding, prohibition; an official edict against something. |
| proscriptionnoun | A prohibition. |
| ostracizeverb | (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. |
| forbiddingnoun | Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant. |
| blackballnoun | (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone. |
| cast outverb | (transitive) To drive out; to expel. |
| banishverb | (transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning. |
| shunverb | (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize. |
| censornoun | An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media. |
| bachelor of arts in nursingnoun | a bachelor's degree in nursing |
| bannsnoun | 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). |
| barsnoun | (sports) Any event in gymnastics using the bars. |
| closuresnoun | An event or occurrence that signifies an ending. |
| denialsnoun | A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. |
| deniesverb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| deprivesverb | (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something. |
| embargonoun | A ban on trade with another country. |
| embargoesnoun | A ban on trade with another country. |
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