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      ban
      noun
      A prohibition.
      A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
      The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
      A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
      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 unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
      A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
      A surname.
      Initialism of British Approved Name.
      (obsolete) A curse or anathema.
      verb
      (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
      (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
      (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
      (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
      (transitive, obsolete) To summon; to call out.
      Synonyms for ban
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