BANNS OF See also:

• MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE (formerly banes, from A.S. gebann, See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation, Fr. See also:

• BAN

ban, Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. bannum)  , the public legal See also:

• NOTICE

notice of an impending See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in earliest days was forewarned of marriages (See also:

• TERTULLIAN (c. 155-c. 222)

Tertullian,Ad Uxorem, De Pudicitia, c . 4) . The first canonical enactment on the subject in theEnglish church is that contained in the 11th See also:

• CANON

canon of the See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster in See also:

• LONDON

London (A.D . 1200), which orders that " no marriage shall be contracted without banns thrice published in the church, unless by See also:

• SPECIAL

special authority of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop." It is, however, believed that the practice was in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France as old as the 9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and certainly See also:

• ODO

Odo, bishop of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, ordered it in 1176 . Some have thought that the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom originated in the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• RULE

rule that all " See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good knights and true," who elected to take See also:

• PART

part in the tournaments, should hang up their See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields in the nearest church for some See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks before the opening of the lists, so that, if any "impediment " existed, they might be " warned off." By the Lateran See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of 1215 the publication of banns was made compulsory on all Christendom . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times it was usual for the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest to betroth the pair formally in the name of the Blessed Trinity; and sometimes the banns were published at See also:

• VESPERS (officium vespertinum)
• VESPERS, SICILIAN

vespers, sometimes during See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass . In the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom, under the canon See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and by See also:

• STATUTE

statute, banns are the normal preliminary to marriage; but a marriage may also be solemnized without the publication of banns, by obtaining a See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence or a registrar's certificate . In See also:

• AMERICA

America there is no statutory requirement; and the practice of banns (though See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the colonial See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period) is practically See also:

• CON

con-fined to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics .