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bannimus

bannimus noun: a permanent, publicly promulgated expulsion from the University of Oxford, whose public posting served to prevent the expelled person from claiming the cause of expulsion was unknown.

Noun

bannimus (uncountable)

  1. A permanent, publicly promulgated expulsion from the University of Oxford, whose public posting served to prevent the expelled person from claiming the cause of expulsion was unknown.

Origin of bannimus

Historically, from Medieval Latin bannimus (“we banish, we expel”), from bannō, bandō (“denounce, ban, banish, proclaim, proscribe”, verb), influenced in meaning by bannum (“ordinance, ban”), from Frankish *bannjan (“to proclaim, order or prohibit under penalty”), from Proto-Germanic *bannijaną (“to curse, damn”), *bannaną (“to request”). Cognate with Old High German bannen (“to order under penalty, proscribe, cast a spell on”), ban (“order under penalty”). More at ban.

Questions about bannimus

What does bannimus mean?
Bannimus means a permanent, publicly promulgated expulsion from the University of Oxford, whose public posting served to prevent the expelled person from claiming the cause of expulsion was unknown.
What part of speech is bannimus?
Bannimus is a noun.

Words near bannimus in the dictionary

  1. bannetons
  2. bannian
  3. bannians
  4. bannik
  5. banniks
  6. bannimus
  7. banninate
  8. banninated
  9. banninates
  10. banninating
  11. bannination

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