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Meaning and definition for "ban" word

[noun] a bachelor's degree in nursing
[noun] a decree that prohibits something
[noun] an official prohibition or edict against something
[noun] 100 bani equal 1 leu
[verb] prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
[verb] forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers
[verb] expel from a community or group
[verb] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

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\Ban\ (b[a^]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F. ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon}, {Fame}.] 1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation. 2. (Feudal & Mil.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army. 3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense). 4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. ``Under ban to touch.'' --Milton. 5. A curse or anathema. ``Hecate's ban.'' --Shak. 6. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. {Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.
\Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf. {Banish}.] 1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.
\Ban\, v. i. To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Ban\, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master? lord, Per. ban.] An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Synonyms for ban

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, banish, banning, blackball, cast out, censor, forbiddance, forbidding, interdiction, ostracise, ostracize, prohibition, proscription, shun

Related terms: cast out, cull, cut out, denial, discontentment, disesteem, disillusion, enucleate, forbiddance, forbidden fruit, forbidding, hex, interdictum, lockout, not hear of, omit, opposure, outlaw, prevent, prevention, rejection, repress, root out, ruling out, send down, send to Coventry, strip, thrust out, view with disfavor, Volstead Act

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Let's analyse "ban" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NAB. Average typing speed for these characters is 795 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... .- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: ban: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: ban: 2 + 1 + 5 = 8, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty

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