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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/banns/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/banns/#x1)
- Her banns were read in the church and in the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/banns/#x2)
- If anyone knows a reason against this marriage, let them speak at the banns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/banns/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «banns» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/banns/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.