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‖ seˈcretum Antiq. Pl. secreta. [L. sēcrētum, neut. of sēcrētus secret a.; in med.L. ellipt. for sigillum secretum secret seal.] (See quot. 1886.)
1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xxiv. 399 The same individual also occasionally possessed and sealed with more than one Secretum. Ibid. 400 The Seals and Secreta of certain noble families. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 586/2 The aperture [over which a seal was placed] allowed a second matrix to be applied at the back. This was usually a smaller private seal called a secretum. 1909Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Her. 408 The secretum of Isabelle de Flandres (c. 1308) has her shield placed between three lions. |