单词 | to be asked in church |
释义 | > as lemmasto be asked in church d. transitive. (a) To announce or read (banns) in church before an intended marriage, calling on any who have objections to put them forward; to publish (banns); (also) to announce publicly the name(s) of (a person or persons intending marriage), usually in passive, in to be asked in church; (now archaic); †(b) to announce the finding of (something lost, a stray animal, etc.) in church, calling on any who have claims to put them forward (obsolete).The usual verb with ‘banns’ is now publish (see publish v. 1b).In quot. a1661 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] > as lost, found, etc. aska1450 proclaim1530 a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) l. 203 Aske the banns thre halydawes. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xv. f. 28v They ought to aske them [sc. stray cattle] thre sondayes in thre or four next parysshe churches, and also crye them thre tymes in thre the nexte market townes. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxxvi. sig. Ddv The Bishoppe..there did aske the Banes betwene them. 1563 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 61 The banes were not askid in the church wherto he doth resort. 1589 Articles enquired Dioces of London sig. A3v Whether your Parson, Vicar or Curate haue maried anie person not being three seueral Sondaies or Festiuali daies lawfully asked in their parish Churches. 1606 Wily Beguilde 58 We must be askt in Church next Sunday. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 180 The day When I shall aske the banes, and when be married. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 28 Who askt the Banes 'twixt these discolour'd Mates? a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westm. 237 His head was ask'd, but never married to the English Crown. 1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. ii. iii. 395 Banns are always asked before marriage can be contracted. 1761 J. Newton Diary 14 June in Deserted Village (1992) 111 Ask'd two Couple, Preach'd a New Sermon. 1792 H. Piozzi Thraliana 1 June (1942) ii. 840 He had the Girl asked in Christ Church Surrey three Times..without her Consent or even Knowledge. 1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana ii. 14 The fair sex..preferring to be ‘asked in church’. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vii. 100 I offered to your sister to keep company, and to be asked in church. 1914 W. S. Walsh Heroes & Heroines Fiction 12/2 Robin pulled off his gown and invested Little John in it, who asked the bans seven times and performed the ceremony. 1920 M. Gyte Diary 8 Feb. (1999) 251 Gladys Brockley was asked in church first time. 1948 M. Bowden Comm. on Gen. Prol. to Canterbury Tales xiv. 219 The priests duty was then to ask the banns in the mother tongue. 2004 B. J. Corrigan Playhouse Law in Shakespeare's World iv. 149 The first step into obscurity is in agreeing to marry each other but failing to set the date or ask the banns. < as lemmas |
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