BAN

Ban

Ban was a noble title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

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ban

Noun

  1. prohibition
  2. A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
    Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice.
  3. The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arriere-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arriere-ban, for which see the latter word.
    He has sent abroad to assemble his ban and arriere ban.
    The Ban and the Arrierban are met armed in the field to choose a king.
    ''France was at such a Pinch..that they call'd their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long discussed, and in a manner antiquated.
    The ban was sometimes convoked, that is, the possessors of the fiefs were called upon for military services.''
    The act of calling together the vassals in armed array, was entitled ‘convoking the ban.
  4. A curse or anathema.
  5. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Romanian leu
  2. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Moldavian леу

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

Verb

  1. To summon; call out.
  2. To anathematise; pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; place under a ban.
  3. To curse; execrate.
  4. To prohibit; interdict; proscribe; forbid or block from participation.
  5. To curse; utter curses or maledictions.


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