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  2. Ban (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    Under the Merovingian dynasty (481–751), the ban was used mainly by the kings to summon free men to military service. [4]In the late eighth and early ninth century, under the Carolingian dynasty (751–987), a series of capitularies defined the ban's three components: the right to defend the defenceless, that is, churches, widows and orphans; jurisdiction over violent crimes such as murder ...

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  4. King's ban - Wikipedia

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    A specific ban (German: Bann) identified: the actual order or prohibition; the penalties for contravening the ban; the region to which the ban applied; The king's ban in the legal history of the Holy Roman Empire was divided into several distinct types depending on their function: Heerbann, the right to raise an army,

  5. King Ban - Wikipedia

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    Ban of Benoic / ˈ b æ n / (Old French: Ban de Bénoïc) is a character in Arthurian legend.King Ban first appeared by this name in the Lancelot propre part of the 13th-century French Vulgate Cycle as the ruler of the realm in France named Benoic [] (Bénoïc; alternatively Benewic, Benoich, Benoit, Benuic, Benwick) and father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, as well as brother of ...

  6. Ban (title) - Wikipedia

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    Ban (/ ˈ b ɑː n /) was the title of local rulers or officeholders, similar to viceroy, used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 20th centuries. The most common examples have been found in medieval Croatia and medieval regions ruled and influenced by the Kingdom of Hungary. They often ruled as the king's ...

  7. The Dain Curse - Wikipedia

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    The Dain Curse is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, published in 1929. Before its publication in book form, it was serialized in Black Mask magazine in 1928 and 1929. [ 1 ]

  8. Bans on communist symbols - Wikipedia

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    Communist symbols have been banned, in part or in whole, by a number of the world's countries. [1] As part of a broader process of decommunization, these bans have mostly been proposed or implemented in countries that belonged to the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, including some post-Soviet states.

  9. Minced oath - Wikipedia

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    Swearing on stage was officially banned by the Act to Restrain Abuses of Players in 1606, and a general ban on swearing followed in 1623. [13] Other examples from the 1650s included 'slid for "By God's eyelid" (1598), 'sfoot for "By God's foot" (1602), and gadzooks for "By God's hooks" (referring to the nails on Christ's cross ).