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Conclave - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Conclave : (noun)
1: a confidential or secret meeting
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Conclave : \Con"clave\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a
room that may locked up; con- _ clavis key. See Clavicle.]
1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the
Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while
engaged in choosing a pope.
2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the
election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.
It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent
likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in
two conclaves he went in pope and came out again
cardinal. --South.
3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's
Club) on new books, were speedily known over all
London. --Macaulay.
To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; --
said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CONCLAVE. An assembly of cardinals for the purpose of electing a pope; the
place where the assembly is held is also called a conclave. It derives this
name from the fact that all the windows and doors are looked, with the
exception of a single panel, which admits a gloomy light.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Conclave |
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