1. verb /bæn/
To forbid or block from participation.
Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
2. noun /bæn/
a) prohibition
Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice.
b) A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
He has sent abroad to assemble his ban and arriere ban.
See Also: black ban, total fire ban
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