Secrecies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secrecy \Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. {Secrecies}. [From {Secret}.]
     1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements
        were detected in spite of their secrecy.
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              The Lady Anne,


              Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. --Shak.
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     2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] --Shak.
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     3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of
        desert cell." --Milton.
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     4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret;
        forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
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              It is not with public as with private prayer; in
              this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show.
                                                    --Hooker.
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