(Freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people. / (figuratively) In secret; in private.

(idiomatic) Near in time or place; very close.

A religious order whose members have little or no contact or involvement with the outside world.

(UK, dated) The practice of business premises in a town closing for one afternoon each week.

a question that can only be responded to with a set number of answers (typically 'yes' and 'no')

(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of close

plural of closing speed

The speed of a moving object relative to another object which it is approaching.

Alternative form of close-range

(obsolete) an ecclesiastic privately attending upon a monarch, a royal confessor.