How To Use banns In A Sentence
- He then proceeded to Doctor's Commons, to the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, for a special license so that they would not have to wait upon banns and could be married right away.
- Lay one hand on that rosy flesh again, and they'd be calling the banns by next month. Dragonfly in Amber
- Print up invitations to a marriage, publish banns at a friendly church, have one or more brides or grooms and even eat wedding cake.
- It is six weeks to the day; we were wed without even posting the banns ! HERE BE DRAGONS
- A Church of England spokesman said: ‘The words bachelor or spinster have never been part of the wording of banns, but many clergy customarily use them and will no doubt continue to.’
- Had this been at the beginning of the courtship, he would have withdrawn, perhaps, but now the banns were already published and the wedding day fixed, and in his home they had begun repairing and rebuilding. The Girl from the Marsh Croft
- When I'd convinced myself that girl whose hand he held must be a relative, the banns were called.
- The banns were posted two weeks before the press even noticed.
- And I knew the 'Paches well enough, God help me; I was even married to one for a spell, banns, beads, buffalo-dance and all, and a spanking little wild beast she was, too, with her peach-brown satin skin and hot black eyes, and those white doeskin leggings up to her thighs with the tiny silver bells all down the sides ... Isabelle
- They were required to be published in three consecutive weeks prior to the marriage in the parish in which the groom resided and also that in which the bride resided, and both bride and groom were advised to reside at least fifteen days in their respective parishes before the banns were announced. The Wedding | Edwardian Promenade
