BAN

3 letters 5 Scrabble points /bæn/

Definition of BAN

noun

  1. Prohibition.

  2. A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.

    "Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice."

  3. The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.

    "France was at such a Pinch..that they call'd their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long discussed, and in a manner antiquated."

verb

  1. To summon; to call out.

  2. To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.

  3. To curse; to execrate.

Related words: disallow forbid prohibit

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B A N
Length 3 letters
Scrabble Score 5 points

Anagrams of BAN

Words that use the same letters:

ABN NAB NBA

Words Containing "BAN"

ABANA ABAND ABANDON ABANDONABLE ABANDONED ABANDONEDLY ABANDONEE ABANDONER ABANDONERS ABANDONING ABANDONMENT ABANDONMENTS ABANDONS ABANDUM ABANET ABANGA ABANIC ABANNITION ABANTES ABBANDONO

Words Starting with "BAN"

BANA BANABA BANACH BANAGO BANAGOS BANAK BANAKITE BANAL BANALITY BANALITIES BANALIZE BANALLY BANALNESS BANANA BANANALAND BANANALANDER BANANAQUIT BANANAS BANANDE BANANIST

Words Ending with "BAN"

ABURBAN ALBAN AMBAN AMEBAN AMOEBAN ANTIURBAN ARABAN BAMBAN BREBAN CABAN CAYUBABAN CALIBAN CARIBAN CIOBAN COBAN COLUMBAN CORBAN CORDOBAN CUBAN DURBAN