ban

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

2. 2noun

   A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

3. 3noun

   Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).

4. 4noun

   An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.

5. 5noun

   A curse or anathema.

6. 6noun

   A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

7. 7transitive verb

   To curse; to invoke evil upon.

8. 8transitive verb

   To forbid; to interdict.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To curse; to swear.

10. 10noun

    An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

11. 11noun

    a decree that prohibits something

    Synonyms

    prohibitionproscription
12. 12noun

    a bachelor's degree in nursing

13. 13noun

    an official prohibition or edict against something

    Synonyms

    banningforbiddanceforbidding
14. 14noun

    100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

15. 15noun

    100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

16. 16verb

    prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

    "Smoking is banned in this building"

17. 17verb

    forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

    Synonyms

    censor
18. 18verb

    expel from a community or group

    Synonyms

    banishblackballostraciseostracizeshun
19. 19verb

    ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

    Synonyms

    banish