Belonging or relating exclusively to a particular person or group; own, particular; special, peculiar.

Originally Scottish. Avoiding or escaping notice; clandestine, secret; private, confidential; surreptitious; unobtrusive. Formerly also (of a…

Of a council: Secret, privy. After French conseil estroit (Cotgrave). Obsolete.

Kept from knowledge or observation; hidden, concealed. Of a committee, conclave, etc.: Conducted with secrecy; that keeps its deliberations unknown…

Conducted in camera; relating to a hearing or session held in camera; private, secret.