Definitionn. an official prohibition or edict against something
Last update: June 9, 2015
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After the Imperial Diet of Spires in 1526 had decreed that all states of the empire should observe the Edict of Worms (1521), banning Luther and his adherents, in such a manner that they should not be afraid to answer it before God and the emperor, the reform movement had received such an access of strength that the Catholic party felt itself menaced in earnest, and in 1529 again passed a resolution at Spires, deigned not merely to preclude any further expansion of the Reformation, but even to prevent it from maintaining the ground already won. [Please select]
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White to the lips, Banning saluted, and executed the orders. [Please select]
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As this disquieting news was reported, Lieutenant Banning was announced. [Please select]
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"It looks as if Banning was right," he muttered. [Please select]
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Banning suggested a sortie in force to intimidate the Dyaks. [Please select]
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When dawn broke Carver and Banning, up with the sun, uttered an almost simultaneous exclamation. [Please select]
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"I can't say--that is--" Banning took refuge in an embarrassed silence. [Please select]
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Lieutenant Banning, mopping his brow, stepped forward to felicitate his commanding officer. [Please select]
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"Bring that carrion to the guard-house and put some one on the gate that can keep his eyes open," Van Slyck shouted to young Lieutenant Banning, officer of the day. [Please select]
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"Since Captain Van Slyck is absent, I may as well inform you that I take command of the fort by order of the resident," he said, giving the document to Banning. [Please select]
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