bannimus

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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.

OriginMedieval Latin bannimus ← Frankish *bannjan ← Proto-Germanic *bannijaną →
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Meanings

nounbannimus (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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

  1. Proto-Germanic*bannijaną“to curse, damn”
  2. Frankish*bannjan“to proclaim, order or prohibit under penalty”
  3. Medieval Latinbannimus“we banish, we expel”
  4. Englishbannimus

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.

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APA

bannimus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bannimus

MLA

“bannimus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bannimus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bannimus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bannimus.

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