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Meanings of secret in English

Portuguese
mistério
Catalan
misteri
Spanish
misterio

Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.

        mistério
        Russian
        тайные молитвы

        Prayer said in a low voice by the priest or bishop during religious services.

              тайные молитвы
              Catalan
              arcà
              Spanish
              secreto

              Information known only to a special group.

                    arcà

                    Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.

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                        Examples for "arcanum"
                        Examples for "arcanum"
                        1
                        But to-night, in the gin-evolved confidence, he admitted them to the arcanum:
                        Babbitt
                        2
                        The foreigner has no mystic fabric in his government, and no arcanum imperii.
                        Lectures on Modern history
                        3
                        He claimed to be interested in the arcanum of my research.
                        Night of Knives
                        4
                        But they too were to be cured, people need only buy his arcanum.
                        The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 03
                        5
                        But this arcanum will be more fully unfolded elsewhere.
                        Heaven and its Wonders and Hell
                        Usage of secret in English
                        1
                        They say that keeping that number a secret is simply industry practice.
                        Wired
                        2
                        Methods: Review of previously secret tobacco industry documents available on the internet.
                        Pubmed
                        3
                        But New Zealand's high rates of family violence are hardly a secret.
                        Radio NZ
                        4
                        Hundreds have gone missing after seen last being taken by secret police.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        Its secret nature, however, meant that this information was slow in coming.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        He said to us: Remind your parents that the vote is secret.
                        The God That Failed
                        7
                        I never knew the official result of that secret mission, Walt said.
                        Accidentally the sheikh's wife
                        8
                        Prosecutors have brought cases involving secret accounts in India, Israel, and elsewhere.
                        Reuters
                        9
                        Exact figures for military funding are considered a state secret in Russia.
                        Reuters
                        10
                        IT'S NO secret Australia's housing market is seriously unaffordable for young people.
                        News.com.au
                        11
                        For this reason, great care is taken to keep the paper secret.
                        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
                        12
                        However, for obvious reasons, they felt no compulsion to share their secret.
                        Halo Cryptum
                        13
                        They really want schools to be good -there's no secret agenda.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        But Mr Laws said nothing in the report needed to be secret.
                        Radio NZ
                        15
                        Declared and secret energy agreements with Russia, Caspian basin countries, and others.
                        The Guardian
                        16
                        So perhaps we should let prisoners vote but withhold the secret ballot.
                        The Guardian
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                        Secret through the time
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                        Common
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