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secret societies

secret societies is the plural of secret society.

Meaning of secret society

Noun

secret society (plural secret societies)

  1. A club, fraternal organization, or other association which admits only selected individuals as members, whose meetings and practices are often ritualistic and not public, and which often has the purpose of furthering the social or economic opportunities of its members.
    • Ben had much fun out of it, assuring the other boys that those were the signs and password of a secret society to which he and Sam belonged.1879, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 22, in Under the Lilacs
  2. (Singapore) A criminal gang.
    • […] obedience and loyalty were also 'important bywords' to the Ghee Hin, Ghee Hok and Ho Seng secret societies […]2023, Narayanan Ganapathy, Gangs and Minorities in Singapore: Masculinity, Marginalization and Resistance, Bristol University Press, →ISBN

Questions about secret societies

What is secret societies the plural of?
Secret societies is the plural of secret society.

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