Definition of "ban"
- verb
To summon; call out.
To anathematise; pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; place under a ban.
To curse; execrate.
To prohibit; interdict; proscribe; forbid or block from participation.
To curse; utter curses or maledictions.
- noun
Prohibition.
A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
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