how to pronounce banns

/bænz/

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banns is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of banns

noun:

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).
Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.

banns frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word banns occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.