Definitions for bands
bands

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1. Bands

   Bands are a form of formal neckwear, worn by some clergy and lawyers, and with some forms of academic dress. They take the form of two oblong pieces of cloth, usually though not invariably white, which are tied to the neck. Bands is usually plural because they require two similar parts and did not come as one piece of cloth. Those worn by clergy are often called preaching bands, tabs or Geneva bands; those worn by lawyers are called barrister's bands or, more usually in Canada, tabs. Ruffs were popular in the sixteenth century, and remained so till the late 1640s, alongside the more fashionable standing and falling bands. Ruffs, like bands, were sewn to a fairly deep neck-band. They could be either standing or falling ruffs. Standing ruffs were common with legal, and official dress till comparatively late. Falling ruffs were popular c.1615-40s.

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1. Bands

   of clergymen and barristers. See Band (2).

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bands' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4411

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1. s-band

How to pronounce bands?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say bands in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bands in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of bands in a Sentence

1. Michael Wadleigh:

   We had really researched what we wanted to do in terms of the bands and their music. I was heavily lyrically driven. I wanted to make sure that every song was a socially conscious song.

2. Lee Cook-jong:

   Lee told reporters. The doctor said Oh also enjoyed South Korean pop music, especially from girl bands. He likes female idol groups a lot.

3. Braddock Linsley:

   I was fascinated by the fact that the corals had these annual bands in them and you could potentially extract annual resolve records back several hundred years.

4. Neal Pire:

   If you’re doing squats using those bands, it’s assistance on coming up; if you’re pulling down, it’s giving resistance, it looks useful. So long as the exercises are assisted or resisted appropriately you have a good tool with a lot of variety.

5. Alice Cooper:

   It's amazing when we go out on tour... The first 50 rows are 15 to 25 (year olds)... They're having the most fun. The reason they're there is because their bands are not producing, there's very little danger in rock and roll anymore.

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