clandestinity

clandestinity
noun see clandestine

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Clandestinity —     Clandestinity (in Canon Law)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Clandestinity (in Canon Law)     Strictly speaking, clandestinity signifies a matrimonial impediment introduced by the Council of Trent (Sess. XXIV, c. i) to invalidate marriages… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Clandestinity — Clan des*tin i*ty, n. Privacy or secrecy. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clandestinity — clandestine ► ADJECTIVE ▪ surreptitious or secretive. DERIVATIVES clandestinely adverb clandestinity noun. ORIGIN Latin clandestinus, from clam secretly …   English terms dictionary

  • Clandestinity (canon law) — Clandestinity is a diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. It requires the presence of witnesses to the marriage vows, one of which must be a priest or a deacon, in order for the marriage to be valid. It was promulgated …   Wikipedia

  • Clandestinity (in Canon Law) — • Strictly speaking, clandestinity signifies a matrimonial impediment introduced by the Council of Trent to invalidate marriages contracted at variance with the exigencies of the decree Tametsi , commonly so called because the first word of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • clandestinity — See clandestinely. * * * …   Universalium

  • clandestinity — noun The quality or state of being clandestine. Syn: clandestineness …   Wiktionary

  • clandestinity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW …   English dictionary for students

  • clandestinity — n. secret or furtive quality …   English contemporary dictionary

  • clandestinity — clan·des·tin·i·ty …   English syllables

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