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secretists

secretists is the plural of secretist.

Meaning of secretist

Noun

secretist (plural secretists)

  1. (obsolete) A dealer in secrets or arcana.
    • Boyle condemned "the avarice" of those "secretists" who secured profit through the practice of intellectual privacy .2011, Steven Shapin, A Social History of Truth, page 175
  2. A secretive person; a keeper of secrets.
    • An exhibitionist rather than a secretist, Crowley published much material that was previously hidden from the public.2003, Daniel Harms, John Wisdom Gonce, The Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind The Legend
  3. A member of a secret society or a known society with secret ceremonies.
    • No oathbound secretist is free to obey God, or church, or State; he must obey the behest of an irresponsible society, or as it may prove to be, a band of infamous conspirators.1890, The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter - Volume 28, page 216

Questions about secretists

What is secretists the plural of?
Secretists is the plural of secretist.

Words near secretists in the dictionary

  1. secretion
  2. secretional
  3. secretionary
  4. secretions
  5. secretist
  6. secretists
  7. secretitious
  8. secretive
  9. secretively
  10. secretiveness
  11. secretly

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