arrière-ban
See also: arriere-ban
French
    
    Etymology
    
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
    
- IPA(key): /a.ʁjɛʁ.bɑ̃/
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Noun
    
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.
 
 
 
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Derived terms
    
- le ban et l'arrière-ban
- convoquer le ban et l'arrière ban
Descendants
    
- English: arriere-ban
Further reading
    
- “arrière-ban”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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