banns

Example Sentences

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The marriage banns, posted on a bulletin board in the town hall, included those for an auto-body painter and a cashier, a zinc roofer and his stay-at-home fiancée, and an optician and a midwife.

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

As a result, you may miss some crucial plot details, like the fact that Claudio and Julietta were really considered married; Claudio just had not paid for the banns.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2012

The Daily Mirror and The Sun tabloids said on Saturday that McCartney and Shevell, who posted wedding banns last month, would be married at London's Marylebone Register Office before 30 invited guests.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2011

Clergy should "immediately" report a couple to diocesan legal officers if they insist on having banns read rather than applying for a common licence under the guidance.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2011

The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come east.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald