bannus

Meaning

1. Medieval Latinmasculinebanishment, outlawry
2. Medieval Latinmasculinewritten statement of a ban or of a judicial sentence
3. Medieval Latinbroadlymasculinedecree, public regulation
4. EcclesiasticalLatinMedieval Latinmasculineexcommunication or interdict
   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 […]c. 1106, anonymous author, Vita Heinrici IV Imperatoris, published 1855, page 7:
5. Medieval Latinmasculinepunishment for contravening a regulation, especially a fine (e.g. “the king’s ban”)
   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.9th century, Benedict Levita, Capitularium Collectio, cap. 231:
6. Medieval Latinmasculineconfiscation
7. Medieval Latinmasculinelegal authority, specifically or in general; a right or legal privilege
8. Medieval Latinmasculinean institution with such authority, a public authority
9. Medieval Latinmasculinearea in which such authority is recognized
10. Medieval Latinmasculinea tax or tribute pertaining to such a right
11. Medieval Latinmasculinemonopoly or object governed by such
12. Medieval Latinmasculinesummons, official citation
    Ut ostile bannum domni imperatori nemo praetermittere praesumatThat no one should presume to neglect the military summons of the lord the emperor802, Charlemagne, Capitulare Missorum Generale [Programmatic Capitulary], cap. 7:
13. Medieval Latinmasculineofficial proclamation of peace

Declension

Origins

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *bannan (“to summon, proclaim”). First attested in Gregory of Tours, 578 CE, meaning “prohibition”; current from late 8th century on.

In English words that came into English from bannus

• abandonbannum
• banalbannālis

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