arrière-ban
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See also: arriere-ban
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French, Old French arriereban, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *ad retrō (literally “to the rear”), from Latin ad + retrō. Equivalent to arrière- (“behind”) + ban.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arrière-ban m (plural arrière-bans)
- (historical) an assembly of feudal lords
- 1888, Henri Carré, Recherches sur l’administration municipale de Rennes au temps de Henri IV:
- D’après une ordonnance de Charles VIII, la charge du ban et de l’arrière-ban ne peut pas non plus être imposée à ceux d’entre eux qui tiennent des fiefs.
- According to an ordinance of Charles VIII, the burden of the ban and the arrière-ban cannot also be imposed on those of whom hold fiefs.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: arriere-ban
Further reading
[edit]- “arrière-ban”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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