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  • But, notes Bishop Sergio Pagano, prefect of the archives, the Latin "secretum" in the institution's name simply refers to the Pope's "personal" or "private" archives.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Acting sua sponte, or as Professor Crouch puts it: "en banc sua sponte sub secretum" the CAFC took the issue for en banc resolution, despite the fact that the court received no briefing and held no argument on the issue.

    CAFC Rules En Banc: Terms in Product-by-Process Claims are Limitations in Determining Infringement Peter Zura 2009

  • Acting sua sponte, or as Professor Crouch puts it: "en banc sua sponte sub secretum" the CAFC took the issue for en banc resolution, despite the fact that the court received no briefing and held no argument on the issue.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Peter Zura 2009

  • Intrare secretum to express speaking in secret, would not be Latin.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • But secretum here signifies the chambers of the judge.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Nihil animum cruciat, nihil molestius inquietat, secretum virus, pestis occulta, &c. epist.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Minuit se quodammodo proba bonitas conscientiae secretum, Boethius, l. 1. pros.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In secretum eorum non veniat anima mea, in coetu eorum non uniaris lingua mea: quia in furore suo occiderunt virum, et voluntate sua eradicaverunt murum.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Mihi enim impossibile est scire generationis secretum.

    Christologia 1616-1683 1965

  • Mihi enim impossibile est scire generationis secretum.

    Christologia 1616-1683 1965

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  • "A private seal" (Merriam-Webster)

    January 17, 2013