banns

Etymology
Alteration of.

Noun

 * 1) The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).
 * 2) Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.
 * 3) * The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.
 * 1) * The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.

Translations

 * Catalan: amonestacions
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: bannaí, fógraí, fógraí pósta
 * Italian:
 * Polish: zapowiedzi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tawag sa kasal