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sub ro⋅sa

  [suhb roh-zuh]
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–noun
confidentially; secretly; privately.
Origin:
1920–25; < L sub rosā lit., under the rose, from the ancient use of the rose at meetings as a symbol of the sworn confidence of the participants
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sub ro·sa   (rō'zə)   
adv.  In secret; privately or confidentially: held the meeting sub rosa.

[Latin sub rosā, under the rose (from the practice of hanging a rose over a meeting as a symbol of confidentiality) : sub, under + rosā, ablative of rosa, rose.]
sub-ro'sa (səb-rō'zə) adj.
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sub rosa 
1654, "privately, secretly," from L., lit. "under the rose," which was regarded as a symbol of secrecy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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