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(Latin: clandestinusL, secret, hidden) Illegal secrecy; an impediment to valid marriage. It means that a marriage ceremony of a Catholic is void unless performed by a parish priest in his own parish, or by a bishop in his own diocese, or by a delegate of either. There is an exception in lawful "marriage without a priest".