ppl. a. [f. BAN v. + -ED.] a. Cursed. b. Prohibited, forbidden.
1340. Alex. & Dind., 808. To bale were ȝe … bore for bannede werkus.
1592. Chettle, Kind-Harts Dr. (1841), 46. You fare as the fox, the more band the better hap.
1596. Spenser, Hymne Heav. Love, 184. Free that was thrall, and blessed that was band.
1860. All Y. Round, No. 68. 421. The banned languages waxed stronger.
1875. N. Y. Times, 5 Sept., 6/5. The decision of the Pope touched only the matter of the banned books in the Institute library.
