Similar words: banner, ban, band, bane, urban, banal, Cuban, banker. Meaning: [bænz] 
n. a public announcement of a proposed marriage.
n. a public announcement of a proposed marriage. 
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1. The banns were published in their local parish church.
2. Jimmy had his banns called last Sunday.
3. The two people put up the banns of marriage in their respective parishes.
4. Usually the banns are put up in church for three weeks.
5. The fact gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East.
6. The minister has just published the banns of marriage at the church.
7. The banns were put up to see if there was anyone who was against the marriage.
8. The banns of their marriage were put up outside the registry office.
9. When I'd convinced myself that girl whose hand he held must be a relative,(sentencedict.com) the banns were called.
10. However, in 1980 the Church brought in a new prayer book, the Alternative Service Book, with a new marriage service and a new form of wording for the banns.
11. The engaged couple, Edward Evans and Gertrude Kennedy put up the banns the other day.
12. The engaged couple , Edward Evansand Kennedy, put up the banns the other day.