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club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from non-members
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secret society

Summary

secret society has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • secret society is a type of organization[2].
  • secret society's Commons category is recorded as Secret societies[3].
  • secret society's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Secret societies[4].
  • secret society's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • secret society's has characteristic is recorded as secrecy[6].
  • secret society's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7].

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Definition and Type

secret society is a type of organization[2].

Why It Matters

secret society has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Copiale cipher organization

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001809-tajne-spolecnosti
    Wikidata description → club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from n
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001809-tajne-spolecnosti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 8w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → organization
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8481, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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