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done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others.

kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged.

faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; discreet.

designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: the secret police.

secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn.

beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric.

(of information, a document, etc.)

1. bearing the classification secret.

2. limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified.

something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.

a mystery.

a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.

a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: a trade secret.

a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material.

(initial capital letter)��a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface.