![]() noun A skull-cap of steel worn sometimes under and sometimes over the camail.Persons fearing assassination sometimes wear such defenses beneath their ordinary dress. noun A concealed piece or suit of armor.noun plural The parts of the body which propriety requires to be concealed.noun In liturgics, a variable prayer in the Roman and some other Latin liturgies, said secretly (see secretly) by the celebrant after the offertory, etc., and immediately before the preface. ![]() noun The key or principle by the application of which some difficulty is solved, or that which is not obvious is explained or made clear hidden reason or explanation.noun A hidden, unrevealed, unexplained, or unex-plainable thing a mystery.noun Something studiously hidden or concealed a thing kept from general knowledge what is not or should not be revealed.Clandestine is now always used for studious or artful concealment of an objectionable or dishonorable sort: as, a clandestine correspondence: it applies especially to action. Occult suggests mystery that cannot be penetrated: as, the occult operations of nature occult arts. Covert- that is, covered-suggests something underhand or well put out of sight: as, a covert motive, sneer, irony: it is opposed to frank or avowed. Private (as, it was kept strictly private) emphasizes the fact that some know the thing in question, while others are kept in ignorance. Latent, literally lying concealed, may mean hidden from those most concerned: as, I had a latent sense, feeling, or desire hence its appropriateness in the expression latent heat. Secret is the most general, but expresses complete concealment. The last four of the italicized words, and in their primary sense the participles, express intentional concealment the others do not. Synonyms and Secret, Latent, Private, Covert, Occult, Clandestine, hidden, concealed, covered, shrouded, veiled, obscure, recondite, close, unknown.Close, cautious, or discreet in speech, or as regards the disclosure of one's own or another's affairs faithful in keeping secrets not given to blabbing or the betrayal of confidence secretive reticent.Affording privacy retired secluded private.Occult mysterious not seen not apparent: as, the secret operations of physical causes.Privy not decent to be exposed to view. ![]() idiom ( in secret) Without others knowing.noun A variable prayer said after the Offertory and before the Preface in the Mass. ![]() ![]()
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