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/bænz/ · 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)..
VVhy the banns have been publiſhed, and nobody has forbidden them, 'tis true—but you know either of the parties may change their minds even after they enter the church.
The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.
Use banns when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Banns means 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)..
Common synonyms include banns of marriage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
VVhy the banns have been publiſhed, and nobody has forbidden them, 'tis true—but you know either of the parties may change their minds even after they enter the church.
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