banns

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
banns/banz/

▶plural noun a notice read out on three successive Sundays in a parish church, announcing an intended marriage and giving the opportunity for objections.

– origin ME: pl. of ban1.

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publish - put

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