[ban] 
verb, banned, ban⋅ning, noun | 1. | to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. |
| 2. | Archaic.
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| 3. | the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction. |
| 4. | informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination. |
| 5. | Law.
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| 6. | Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication. |
| 7. | a malediction; curse. |
[ban] | 1. | a public proclamation or edict. |
| 2. | bans, Ecclesiastical. banns. |
| 3. | (in the feudal system)
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[ban, bahn] | 1. | (formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia. |
| 2. | History/Historical. a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary. |
[bahn] [bah-nee] . | a Romanian coin, the 100th part of a leu. |
| ban 2 (bän) n. pl. ba·ni (bä'nē) See Table at currency. [Romanian, from Serbo-Croatian bān, lord, from Turkic bayan, very rich person : bay, rich; akin to Turkish bay, rich, gentleman + -an, intensive suff.] |
| ba·ni (bä'nē) n. Plural of ban2. |
Bani
built. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:46. (2.) One of David's thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36). (3.) Ezra 2:10; 10:29,34,38. (4.) A Levite who was prominent in the reforms on the return from Babylon (Neh. 8:7; 9:4,5). His son Rehum took part in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:17).
Bani
city, southern Dominican Republic, situated in coastal lowlands 3 miles (5 km) from the Caribbean Sea. The city is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the fertile agricultural hinterland, whose main products are bananas, rice, and coffee. The city lies on the paved highway linking Santo Domingo, the national capital, with Commendador, near the Haitian border. Pop. (2002) urban area, 61,864.
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