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banns

/banz/US // bænz //UK // (bænz) //

禁令,宴请,禁酒令,宴席

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Ecclesiastical.

    • : notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed.
    • : any public announcement of a proposed marriage, either verbal or written and made in a church or by church officials.

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Examples

  • A source close to Zuckerberg has said the timing of the banns was purely coincidental, since the IPO date was a “moving target.”

  • But the stars and the Gypsy brethren forbid the banns, so they part eternally.

  • Let us all hasten to bless the banns between steel-edged truth and perfect amenity.

  • In Strype's time it claimed the right of solemnizing marriages without licence or proclamation of banns.

  • The man tried to brazen it out, and laughingly said, “Well, I suppose we need not have the banns published again?”

  • When the banns had been twice called an anonymous letter was received by the Vicar, which stated that the man was already married.