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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ban / ban/ • v. (banned , ban·ning ) [tr.] (often be banned) officially or legally prohibit: he was banned from driving for a year a proposal to ban all trade in ivory. ∎ officially exclude (someone) from a place: he once was banned from a casino in Reno. • n. 1. an official or legal prohibition: a proposed ban on cigarette advertising a three-year driving ban. ∎ an official exclusion of a person from an organization, country, or activity: a ban on homosexuals in the armed forces. 2. a tacit prohibition by public opinion: Barenboim proposed to defy an unwritten ban on Wagner's works. ban² / bän/ • n. (pl. ba·ni / ˈbänē/ ) a monetary unit of Romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.

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ban

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

ban Things or persons seized in warfare were placed under a ban, that is regarded as out of bounds for Israelites and wholly dedicated to God. Objects not necessarily taken in battle might also be dedicated to God and might be destroyed by fire (Lev. 27: 28) or set aside for the priests (Lev. 27: 21 f.). Possibly it was feared that diseases could be caught from enemy possessions and the ban was designed to prevent infection, though a religious meaning was ascribed to it. Achan was destroyed for having plundered forbidden booty (Josh. 7) and Saul was rebuked by the prophet Samuel for not destroying the most valuable possessions of the Amalekites (1 Sam. 15: 23).

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W. R. F. BROWNING. "ban." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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ban

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ban1 in earliest use ‘proclamation, summons to arms’ (XIII); partly aphetic of ME. iban, OE. ġebann, partly — OF. ban — Gmc. *bannan BAN2. The later senses ‘curse’ (XV), ‘prohibition’ (XVII) are prob. partly a separate word, f. BAN2. Cf. BANNS.

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T. F. HOAD. "ban." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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ban2 †proclaim, summon OE.; †curse XII; prohibit XIX. OE. bannan (str. vb.) = OHG. bannan :- Gmc. *bannan. Weak inflexions from XIII.

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Ban

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Ban, in the Arthurian legends, king of Benwick in Brittany, the father of Launcelot.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ban." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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BAN

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

BAN British Association of Neurologists

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "BAN." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "BAN." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-BAN.html

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