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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Banns

/(bănz)/ · IPA /bænz/
01 n. pl. 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 o…
  1. 1.
    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.