clandestinity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or state of being clandestine.
  2. 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

clandestinity clandestinities

Etymology

From clandestine + -ity, borrowed from Latin clandestinitas (“illegality, clandestiness, underground life”).

Synonyms

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