What does bands mean?

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.

Bands

of clergymen and barristers. See Band (2).

Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

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Chaldean Numerology

The numerical value of bands in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

Pythagorean Numerology

The numerical value of bands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4