A prohibition.
That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence, Much more to taste it under ban to touch
A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice.
A surname.
Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Ol...
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A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
Initialism of British Approved Name.