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Meaning of bannus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈban.nus]

Definitions

  1. ban, prohibition
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  2. banishment, outlawry
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  3. written statement of a ban or of a judicial sentence
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  4. decree, public regulation
    Medieval-Latin, broadly, declension-2, masculine
  5. excommunication or interdict
    Ecclesiastical, Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  6. punishment for contravening a regulation, especially a fine (e.g. “the king’s ban”)
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  7. confiscation
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  8. jurisdiction, right
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  9. legal authority, specifically or in general; a right or legal privilege
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  10. an institution with such authority, a public authority
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  11. area in which such authority is recognized
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  12. a tax or tribute pertaining to such a right
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  13. monopoly or object governed by such
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  14. summons, official citation
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
  15. official proclamation of peace
    Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine

Examples

“Qua surreptione delusus Apostolicus, simul et honore creandi regis, quem sibi fallaciter obtulerant, impulsus, regem banno innodavit, et episcopis aliisque regni principibus, ut a communione excommunicati regis se retraherent, denuntiavit […]”

The delusional pope, impelled by both theft and the honour of creating a king, which they had deceitfully arrogated, bound the king by excommunication and denounced him to the bishops and other princes of the kingdom so that they would withdraw from communion with the excommunicated king […]

“Sanguinis effusio in ecclesia facta cum fuste, si presbiter fuerit, triplo componatur, duae partes eidem presbitero, tertia pro fredo ad ecclesiam, insuper et bannus noster.”

For blood spilled in a church with a cudgel, if it was [of] a presbyter, amends are to be made in three parts, two parts to the same presbyter, the third as an indemnity to the Church, and our ban in addition.

“Ut ostile bannum domni imperatori nemo praetermittere praesumat”

That no one should presume to neglect the military summons of the lord the emperor

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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