essential secrecy

essential secrecy

The condition achieved from the denial of critical information to adversaries.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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I mention this narrative not only because it points to the essential secrecy of the ark, but also because Chaucer appears to have known it well; according to Heiner Gillmeister, it holds the key to his ballad 'Truth', explaining the puzzling address to Vache and much else.(11)

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