单词 | clandestinity |
释义 | clandestinityn. Clandestine quality or state; secrecy, privacy; usually in bad sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > stealthy quality, stealthiness insidiousnessa1677 clandestinity1682 sneakingnessa1691 subtleness1833 stealthiness1837 underhandedness1884 slinkiness1894 furtiveness1896 surreptitiousness1902 1682 E. Stillingfleet Speech in Misc. Disc. (1735) 87 Clandestinity and Disparity do not void a Marriage, but only render the Proof more difficult. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) ix. §15 Dolus..would be understood to imply deceit, concealment, clandestinity. 1875 Contemp. Rev. 26 423 The Council of Trent created the impediment of clandestinity, by which all marriages not celebrated in the presence of the parish priest or his substitute, and of two witnesses, were henceforth to be null and void. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1682 |
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