secret society
noun
: any of various oath-bound societies often devoted to brotherhood, moral discipline, and mutual assistance
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This is a grand adventure and cracking good mystery awash with gaslighting, brawls, murders, red herrings and a secret society.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
This period also saw the emergence of secret societies like the Hermetic Order and the Golden Dawn, which codified tarot symbolism within elaborate systems of ritual magic.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Their secret societies weren’t actually that secret.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
This is an oddly subversive notion of tradition, the past as secret society.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
This period also saw the emergence of secret societies like the Hermetic Order and the Golden Dawn, which codified tarot symbolism within elaborate systems of ritual magic.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Their secret societies weren’t actually that secret.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
This is an oddly subversive notion of tradition, the past as secret society.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for secret society
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“Secret society.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20society. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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