ban

1. ban (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

Example: Bare feet are banned in this establishment.

2. ban (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To summon; to call out.

3. ban (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.

4. ban (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A prohibition.

Example: That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence,
Much more to taste it under ban to touch

5. ban (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.

Example: Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice.

6. ban (noun) — sense 6

Definition: The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.

Example: […] he hath sente abroade to assemble his van and arriere van; wherby, and with the reste of his forces, he prepareth him selfe to enter this countrey; […]