secretum

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noun

A special seal used for private correspondence.

OriginLatin sēcrētum →
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Meanings

secretum1

nounsecretum (plural secreta)

plural secreta

  1. A special seal used for private correspondence.

    A personal Seal having a secretum is unusual; with armorial and monastic seals they are very common; […]

    1774, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History, page 334

Secretum2

proper nounthe Secretum
  1. historicalA section of the British Museum created in 1865 to store those historical items deemed obscene.

Origin

  1. Latinsēcrētum
  2. Englishsecretum

From Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secret.

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