[{"word":"banns","phonetic":"/bænz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/bænz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600."}],"synonyms":["banns of marriage"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banns"]}]