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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ban-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn ɪŋ |
Definition of bannings
Origin :- Old English bannan "to summon, command, proclaim," from Proto-Germanic *bannan "proclaim, command, forbid" (cf. Old High German bannan "to command or forbid under threat of punishment," German bannen "banish, expel, curse"), originally "to speak publicly," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak" (cf. Old Irish bann "law," Armenian ban "word;" see fame (n.)).
- Main modern sense of "to prohibit" (late 14c.) is from Old Norse cognate banna "to curse, prohibit," and probably in part from Old French ban, which meant "outlawry, banishment," among other things (see banal) and was a borrowing from Germanic. The sense evolution in Germanic was from "speak" to "proclaim a threat" to (in Norse, German, etc.) "curse."
- The Germanic root, borrowed in Latin and French, has been productive, e.g. banish, bandit, contraband, etc. Related: Banned; banning. Banned in Boston dates from 1920s, in allusion to the excessive zeal and power of that city's Watch and Ward Society.
- As in forbiddance : noun refusal
- A cousin of the Bannings came out,—English are great hands to keep things in the family.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- That as may be, Alton showed speed from the start and Bannings backs were stopped at the line instead of beyond it.
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- The Bannings are upright business men, and I think you need have no fear.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Terrence swept his machine gun along in a swath behind the Bannings, picking off what they left.
- Extract from : « Narakan Rifles, About Face! » by Jan Smith
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