A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
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.
Prohibition.
A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
To curse; to execrate.
To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
A verification that something is true or has happened.