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Secrecies

Secrecy \Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. Secrecies. [From Secret.]

  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

    The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married.
    --Shak.

  2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.]
    --Shak.

  3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. ``The pensive secrecy of desert cell.''
    --Milton.

  4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.

    It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show.
    --Hooker.

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secrecies

n. (plural of secrecy English)