Associations to the word «Banns»

Wiktionary

BANNS, noun. 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).

Dictionary definition

BANNS, noun. A public announcement of a proposed marriage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats