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English
Etymology
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.
Noun
bannimus (uncountable)
- A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
References
- bannimus, in Cyclopædia, by Ephraim Chambers, 1680 (ca.)-1740.