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"ref": "1879, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 22, in Under the Lilacs",
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"ref": "1937 May 3, “Germany: Hitler v. Everybody”, in Time",
"text": "Originally a secret society, B'nai B'rith came into the open in 1920 with publication of its ritual.",
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"ref": "2007 January 14, “Spycraft as Thespianage”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2011-06-14",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "秘密結社"
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"roman": "mìmì jiéshè",
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"word": "私會黨"
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"word": "salaseura"
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"roman": "saidumlo sazogadoeba",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "საიდუმლო საზოგადოება"
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"word": "Geheimbund"
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"word": "società segreta"
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"roman": "bimilgyeolsa",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "비밀결사"
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"word": "sociedade secreta"
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"roman": "tájnoje óbščestvo",
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"word": "sociedad secreta"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "âng-yîi",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "อั้งยี่"
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"word": "secret society"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "秘密結社"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mìmì jiéshè",
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"word": "秘密结社"
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"sense": "organization",
"word": "私會黨"
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"roman": "sī huìdǎng",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "salaühing"
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"sense": "organization",
"word": "salaseura"
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"word": "société secrète"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidumlo sazogadoeba",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "საიდუმლო საზოგადოება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidumlo gaertianeba",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "საიდუმლო გაერთიანება"
},
{
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"lang": "German",
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"word": "Geheimbund"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "organization",
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"word": "leynifélag"
},
{
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"sense": "organization",
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],
"word": "società segreta"
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"alt": "ひみつけっしゃ",
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"roman": "himitsu kessha",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "秘密結社"
},
{
"alt": "秘密結社",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bimilgyeolsa",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "비밀결사"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hetaeria"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "organization",
"tags": [
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"word": "tajne stowarzyszenie"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "organization",
"tags": [
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"word": "sociedade secreta"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "organization",
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"word": "societate secretă"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tájnoje óbščestvo",
"sense": "organization",
"tags": [
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"word": "та́йное о́бщество"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "organization",
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],
"word": "sociedad secreta"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "âng-yîi",
"sense": "organization",
"word": "อั้งยี่"
}
],
"word": "secret society"
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