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  • English Word Ban Definition 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.
  • English Word Ban Definition To curse; to invoke evil upon.
  • English Word Ban Definition To forbid; to interdict.
  • English Word Ban Definition To curse; to swear.
  • English Word Ban Definition An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
  • English Word Banal Definition Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
  • English Word Banalities Definition of Banality
  • English Word Banality Definition Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
  • English Word Banana Definition A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
  • English Word Banat Definition The territory governed by a ban.
  • English Word Banc Definition Alt. of Bank
  • English Word Banco Definition A bank, especially that of Venice.
  • English Word Bancus Definition Alt. of Bank
  • English Word Band Definition A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
  • English Word Band Definition A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
  • English Word Band Definition In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
  • English Word Band Definition That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
  • English Word Band Definition A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • English Word Band Definition Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
  • English Word Band Definition A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
  • English Word Band Definition A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
  • English Word Band Definition A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
  • English Word Band Definition A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
  • English Word Band Definition A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
  • English Word Band Definition A belt or strap.
  • English Word Band Definition A bond
  • English Word Band Definition Pledge; security.
  • English Word Band Definition To bind or tie with a band.
  • English Word Band Definition To mark with a band.
  • English Word Band Definition To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.