banns

1. (plural, plural only)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).

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2. (historical, plural, plural only)Any public announcement of an upcoming event.

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

   a public announcement of a proposed marriage

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