# banns

> English word · Noun · IPA /bænz/ · frequency rank #92,368

## Definitions
1. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).
2. Any public announcement of an upcoming event.

## Etymology
An alteration of bans.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/banns