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meaning there's a danger to life, is currently in place in southern, central, and western areas of England and parts of Wales. Some schools have closed, a
hosepipe ban's been introduced in Kent, and transport services have been disrupted. In France, authorities say hospitals are overwhelmed, and the
government says the health alert has been raised to its highest level.
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To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
“Bare feet are banned in this establishment.”
To summon; to call out.
A prohibition.
“That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence, Much more to taste it under ban to touch”
A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
“Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice.”
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