In Petto Definition

ĭn pĕtō
adjective
Secretly; not revealed.
Webster's New World
In secret or private. Used of appointments of cardinals by the pope undisclosed in consistory.
American Heritage

(Roman Catholicism) Designated as a cardinal but not yet announced.

Wiktionary
adverb

Privately, in secret.

Wiktionary

Origin of In Petto

  • From Italian in (“in”) and petto (“chest”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian in in petto breast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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