Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bannition .
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- noun A form of
expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting theproctorial edict up in some public place, as adenunciation orpromulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
Etymologies
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Historically, from Medieval Latin bannimus ("we banish, we expel"), from bannō, bandō ("denounce, ban, bannish, proclaim, proscribe", v), influenced in meaning by bannum ("ordinance, ban"), from Frankish *bannjan (“to proclaim, order or prohibit under penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *bannijanan (“to curse, damn”), *bannanan (“to request”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhā- (“to say, speak”). Cognate with Old High German bannen ("to order under penalty, proscribe, cast a spell on"), Old High German ban ("order under penalty"). More at ban.
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