ban

Prohibition.

A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.

The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.

(obsolete) A curse or anathema.

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.