banns

Example Sentences

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A photograph of the wedding banns has been posted in several newspapers.

From BBC

The marriage banns, posted on a bulletin board in the town hall, included those for an auto-body painter and a cashier, a zinc roofer and his stay-at-home fiancée, and an optician and a midwife.

From The New Yorker

The minute the daffodils are out, so too are the wedding banns, with lovers lining up for the summer wedding, a froth of white lace, poached salmon and a sea of overpriced flowers.

From The Guardian

The executive order banns nearly all forms of travel to the country from seven majority-Muslim nations and halts the processing of refugees.

From Washington Times

But Reverend Stephen Trott has asked the General Synod to consider replacing the banns with the same process as for a civil ceremony.

From BBC