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BANNS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A public announcement of a proposed marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("banns" is a kind of...):
announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)