bambusid88, bambusese

pl. [BAMBUSA.] The family of the order Graminaceæ, to which the Bamboos belong. falls under the section Festuceæ. In most of the species there are six stamens instead of three, the normal number. The genera are but few, Bambusa (q.v.) being the chief. băm'-līte, s . [Named after Bamle, in Norway, where it occurs.] A mineral, a variety of Fibrolite proper (q.v.). It is of a white or greyish colour and columnar in form. băn (1), * bănn, * bănne, * bain, * bāne ( pl . bănnş, † bănş, * băneş, *baines), s. [From A.S. bannan = to proclaim, summon. In Sw. bann = excommunication; Dan. band , ban = ban, excommunication, outlawry; Dut. ban excommunication, banishment, jurisdiction; Ger. bann; O. H. Ger. ban = a public proclamation, spec . , excommunication; Wel. & Gael. ban a proclamation; Fr. & Prov. ban = banns, proclamation, publication, ban, banishment, outlawry, exile, privilege; Sp., Port., & Ital. ban do . The word seems to have come originally from the Teutonic tongues. Low Lat. bannus , bannum , bandum .] [ABANDON, BANDIT, BANISH.] E ential meaning : A proclamation, public notice, or edict respecting a person or thing. Wedgwood thinks that the original signification was that given under B., I. A. Ordinary Language: L. Of persons: IMG:content-1029.jpg:[graphic] 1. A public proclamation or edict respecting a person, without its being in any way implied that he has been named in order to be denounced. [B., III.] 424 (1.) Gen .: An edict or proclamation of any kind. "That was the ban of Keningwurthe; that was lo this That ther ne olde of heie men deserited be none That hadde iholde aye the king, bote the erl of Leicetre one," Rob. Gloucest., p. 568. (S. in Boucher.) (2.) Specially: (a) A summons; a citation. "Ther come to thys rounde table as he sende ys ban, Aunsel kyng of Scotlond, and also Uryan, That was kyng of Muryfycens, and also of North Walys, Cadwal, and also Scater kyng of South Walys." Rob. Gloucest., p. 188. (S. in Boucher .) (b) Plur .: An announcement of an intended marriage. [B., III.] He gan renew the late forbidden bains . " Spenser: F. Q.. L. xii. 36. "I bar it in the interest of my wife, "Tis she is subcontracted to this lord, And I, her husband, contradict your banns." Shakesp. King Lear, v. 3. 2. A proclamation or edict denouncing one, and rendering him subject to penalties. Spe cially (1.) In civil matters. [B., II.] "He proceeded so far by treaty, that he was proffered to have the imperial ban taken off Altapinus upon submi ion."- Howel . (2.) In ecclesiastical matters: Excommunication, curse, anathema. [BAN, v.] "A great oversight it was of St. Peter that he did not accurse Nero, whereby the pope might have got all; yet what need of such a ban , since friar Vincent could tell Atabalipa that kingdoms were the pope's?" -Raleigh. (3.) Gen.: A curse of any kind by whomsoever given forth. "Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected, With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected." Shakesp.: Hamlet, iii. 2. IL. Of things: 1. A public proclamation or edict, commanding, permitting, forbidding, or announcing anything [B., III.]; hence any prohibition or interdiction of a solemn kind, however announced. who thus hast dared, Had it been only coveting to eye That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence, Much more to taste it, under ban to touch?" Milton: P. L. , Dk. ix. 2. The penalty inflicted upon a person publicly denounced. B. Technically : I. Military and Feudal: 1. A proclamation in time of war, summoning the king's retainers to attend him on an expedition. 2. The retainers thus summoned. The va als of the feudal lords under the king were called the arriere- ban . [ARRIÈRE-BAN.] (This nomenclature was originally French.) II. Hist. The Ban of the Empire : A penalty occasionally put in force under the Old German empire against a prince who had given some cause of offence to the supreme authority. Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, in the eleventh century, and Otho, of Wittelspach, in the twelfth century, were thus put under the ban of the empire . III. Law, . Banns (pl.): The publication of intended marriages in the Church of England; proclamation that certain parties nained intend to proceed to marriage, unle any impediment to their union be proved to exist. Banns of marriage have to be published for three Sun days before the event in the church or chapel where the ceremony is to take place, unle a licence is obtained. [LICENCE, MARRIAGE.]