- clandestinity
- noun see clandestine
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
clandestinity
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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
