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Ban Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ban? [n] a bachelor's degree in nursing [n] a decree that prohibits something [n] an official prohibition or edict against something [n] 100 bani equal 1 leu [v] prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" [v] forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers [v] expel from a community or group [v] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ban: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing \| banish \| banning \| blackball \| cast out \| censor \| forbiddance \| forbidding \| interdiction \| ostracise \| ostracize \| prohibition \| proscription \| shun Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ban: abscind \| amputate \| anathema \| annihilate \| banish \| banishment \| bar \| bar out \| barring \| blackball \| blackballing \| blacklist \| blasphemy \| blockade \| bob \| boycott \| boycottage \| cast out \| categorically reject \| circumscription \| clip \| commination \| complaint \| contraband \| count out \| crop \| cull \| curse \| cut \| cut away \| cut off \| cut out \| damnation \| debar \| debarment \| debarring \| demarcation \| denial \| denunciation \| deny \| deport \| dim view \| disagreement \| disallow \| disallowance \| disappointment \| disapprobation \| disapproval \| disapprove \| disapprove of \| discontent \| discontentedness \| discontentment \| disenchantment \| disesteem \| disfavor \| disfellowship \| disgruntlement \| disillusion \| disillusionment \| displeasure \| disrespect \| dissatisfaction \| dissent \| dissent from \| distaste \| dock \| Eighteenth Amendment \| eliminate \| embargo \| enjoin \| enucleate \| eradicate \| evil eye \| except \| exception \| excise \| exclude \| exclude from \| exclusion \| excommunicate \| excommunication \| execration \| exile \| expatriate \| expel \| extinguish \| extirpate \| extradite \| forbid \| forbiddance \| forbidden fruit \| forbidding \| freeze out \| frown at \| frown down \| frown upon \| fugitate \| fulmination \| grimace at \| hex \| ignore \| imprecation \| inadmissibility \| index \| index expurgatorius \| index librorum prohibitorum \| indignation \| inhibit \| inhibition \| injunction \| interdict \| interdiction \| interdictum \| isolate \| keep out \| knock off \| law \| leave out \| lock out \| lockout \| look askance at \| look black upon \| lop \| low estimation \| low opinion \| malison \| malocchio \| mutilate \| narrowing \| nip \| nonadmission \| no-no \| not approve \| not go for \| not hear of \| not hold with \| object \| object to \| objection \| omission \| omit \| oppose \| opposition \| opposure \| ostracism \| ostracization \| ostracize \| outlaw \| pare \| pass over \| peel \| pick out \| preclude \| preclusion \| prevent \| prevention \| prohibit \| prohibition \| Prohibition Party \| prohibitory injunction \| proscribe \| proscription \| protest \| prune \| refusal \| refuse \| reject \| rejection \| relegate \| relegation \| repress \| repression \| repudiate \| repudiation \| restriction \| restrictive covenants \| root out \| rule out \| ruling out \| rusticate \| say no to \| send away \| send down \| send to Coventry \| set apart \| set aside \| shave \| shear \| shut out \| snub \| spurn \| stamp out \| statute \| strike off \| strip \| strip off \| sumptuary laws \| suppress \| suppression \| taboo \| take exception to \| take off \| take out \| think ill of \| think little of \| thrust out \| thumb down \| thumbs-down \| thundering \| transport \| truncate \| unhappiness \| view with disfavor \| Volstead Act \| whammy \| wipe out \| zoning \| zoning laws See Also \| baccalaureate \| bachelor's degree \| banning-order \| cease and desist order \| criminalise \| criminalize \| decree \| disallow \| edict \| enjoining \| enjoinment \| expel \| fiat \| forbid \| illegalise \| illegalize \| injunction \| interdict \| kick out \| leu \| order \| outlaw \| prohibit \| proscribe \| rescript \| Romanian monetary unit \| rusticate \| test ban \| throw out \| veto Ban In Webster's Dictionary \Ban\ (b[a^]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F. ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon}, {Fame}.] 1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation. 2. (Feudal & Mil.) 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. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense). 4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. ``Under ban to touch.'' --Milton. 5. A curse or anathema. ``Hecate's ban.'' --Shak. 6. 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. {Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away. \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf. {Banish}.] 1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron. \Ban\, v. i. To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Ban\, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master? lord, Per. ban.] An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Ban Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ban?

[n] a bachelor's degree in nursing
[n] a decree that prohibits something
[n] an official prohibition or edict against something
[n] 100 bani equal 1 leu
[v] prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
[v] forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers
[v] expel from a community or group
[v] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Ban In Webster's Dictionary

\Ban\ (b[a^]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban,
Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public
proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr.
fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F.
ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon},
{Fame}.]
1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,
   mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public
   proclamation.

2. (Feudal & Mil.) 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. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church.
   See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense).

4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. ``Under ban
   to touch.'' --Milton.

5. A curse or anathema. ``Hecate's ban.'' --Shak.

6. 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.

{Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by
   which political rights and privileges, as those of a
   prince, city, or district, were taken away.


\Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS.
bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw.
banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf.
{Banish}.]
1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott.

2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.


\Ban\, v. i.
To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser.


\Ban\, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master? lord,
Per. ban.]
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of
Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

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