banns

n [pl] public announcement in church that two people intend to marry each other （教堂里的）结婚预告: read/publish the banns 阅读[公布]结婚预告 * have one's banns called, ie have one's forthcoming marriage announced 请求公布结婚预告.

banish, banishment, banister, banjo, bank, bank account, bank balance, bank card, bank draft, bank holiday, bank rate, bank statement, bank-book (also passbook), banker, banking, banknote, bankrupt, bankruptcy, banner, banner headline (also streamer), banquet, banshee, bantam, bantamweight, banter, bantering, banteringly, Bantu, banyan, baobab, baptism, baptismal, Baptist, baptize, baptise, bar, bar billiards, bar chart (also histogram), bar code, bar mitzvah, barb,