Definitions for banns
bænzbanns

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bannsnoun

   a public announcement of a proposed marriage

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bannsnoun

   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).

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. banns

   The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons. It is commonly associated with the Catholic Church, the Church of Sweden (Lutheran), the Church of England (Anglican), and with other Christian denominations whose traditions are similar. In 1983, the Catholic Church removed the requirement for banns and left it to individual national bishops' conferences to decide whether to continue the practice, but in most Catholic countries the banns are still published. The purpose of banns is to enable anyone to raise any canonical or civil legal impediments to the marriage, so as to prevent marriages that are invalid. Impediments vary between legal jurisdictions, but would normally include a pre-existing marriage that has been neither dissolved nor annulled, a vow of celibacy, lack of consent, or the couple's being related within the prohibited degrees of kinship.

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1. banns

   Banns are a public announcement made in a church, traditionally for three successive Sundays, declaring an intended marriage to give any potential objectors the opportunity to provide reasons why the marriage may be illegal or should not take place. The practice is commonly followed in Christian churches.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Banns

   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

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1. Banns

   banz, n.pl. a proclamation of marriage.—To forbid the banns, to make formal objection to a projected marriage. [From Ban.]

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1. • Announcement
   • Church

How to pronounce banns?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say banns in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of banns in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of banns in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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