banns
noun [plural] /bænz/Definition
› a public announcement, made in a church, that two people are going to get married: The banns were published in their local parish church.Relating to weddings
(Definition of banns noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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