banns

«banns» in Mova's school dictionary: the public announcements read out in church, on three… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural only)

meaning for a pupil

Banns are the public announcements read out in church, on three Sundays before a wedding, to say that two people plan to marry, so that anyone who knows a reason they should not marry can speak up. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales and stories the banns are read in church before a wedding can take place

examples

• The vicar read the banns on Sunday. tree →
• Her banns were read in the church and in the town. tree →
• If anyone knows a reason against this marriage, let them speak at the banns. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «banns» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.