clandestinity
Meanings
noun
- The quality or state of being clandestine.
- A diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, requiring the presence of witnesses to the marriage vows, one of whom must be a priest or a deacon.
Word forms
Etymology
From clandestine + -ity, borrowed from Latin clandestinitas (“illegality, clandestiness, underground life”).
Synonyms
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