How To Use Banns In A Sentence
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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.
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Lay one hand on that rosy flesh again, and they'd be calling the banns by next month.
Dragonfly in Amber
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Print up invitations to a marriage, publish banns at a friendly church, have one or more brides or grooms and even eat wedding cake.
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It is six weeks to the day; we were wed without even posting the banns !
HERE BE DRAGONS
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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.’
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Had this been at the beginning of the courtship, he would have withdrawn, perhaps, but now the banns were already published and the wedding day fixed, and in his home they had begun repairing and rebuilding.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
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When I'd convinced myself that girl whose hand he held must be a relative, the banns were called.
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The banns were posted two weeks before the press even noticed.
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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
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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
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Mother asked Charles if he wanted to announce the banns through our local Church.
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Banns have to be published at church on three consecutive Sundays.
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The banns were published in their local parish church.
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Now, you will laugh when I tell you positively, that within a twelvemonth I have heard called the banns of "John Smasher and Mary Smallbones;" no doubt, by this time they are "marrow bones and cleaver," what else could be expected?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843
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Without banns or a wedding ceremony, he took her for his wife merely by declaring the deed a fait accompli.
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I had a feeling things would take off this week; we'd known that if she was to get married, the banns would have to be displayed around now.
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If we speak to Mr. Filing tonight, he could read the banns tomorrow.
ALL ABOUT LOVE
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So Little John clambered awkwardly into the quire, his short gown fluttering gaily; and he called the banns for the marriage of the maid and Allan-a-Dale once, twice, and thrice.
Robin Hood
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The priest was thereby forced to stop the banns from being announced for Domingo's approaching marriage.
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A special licence by the Archbishop of Canterbury allowed the couple to bypass the traditional reading of the banns and the marriage took place at St Lawrence's Church, Longridge, a week later.
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As sure as I am Ole Nordistuen of the Hill Farms, I tell you the minister shall sooner call the banns for the fairy folk up on the Nordal forest than he shall speak such names from the pulpit as Marits and yours, you jackanapes!
Chapter X
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The banns were published in their local parish church.
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Then she went and put up some things called banns, I believe.
The Green Carnation
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It gave anyone the right to object either in advance at the publishing of banns on three successive Sundays, or during the ceremony itself.
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I have been listening for half a century to clergymen intoning ‘I publish the banns of marriage…’ and can attest that fifty years ago the partners generally came from within a two-mile radius.
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Today's the last Sunday for Angela's wedding banns.
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The requirement to be married in one of the resident parish churches and the calling of banns are being dropped.
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So saying, he called the banns; and, says the old ballad, lest three times should not be enough, he published them nine times o'er.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Christ Church in Skipton read out the banns of marriage and no less than 12 couples were contemplating getting wed.
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Print up invitations to a marriage, publish banns at a friendly church, have one or more brides or grooms and even eat wedding cake.
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'I called their banns, and in due time married them.
News from the Duchy
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Notice of intention to marry had to be given by each party in their home parish (usually by publication of banns in the church), and the ceremony had to be performed in public.
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These banns could easily involve parishes outside the diocese.
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The term denunciation is also applied to matters connected with the Sacrament of Matrimony (see BANNS).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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Mrs Edwards lived in Edgworth at the time and she told the court she and her fiance had been to church to hear the banns read.
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The licence gave permission to marry after one asking of the banns, which were forbidden from Advent Sunday to 13 January.
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Reverend Brent Hawkes used a loophole in Ontario law which states that ‘any two persons’ can be married through publishing of banns.
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This notice or banns must be read thrice in the church at intervals of at least one week.
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So, darling boy, do make up your mind to like the match, for I've already ordered the vicar to call the banns and sent the announcement to the Times.
Hero Come Back
