Sekirov Dictionary

conclave

UK /ˈkɒnkleɪv/US /ˈkɑnˌkleɪv/

noun 6
verb 2
forms 3

noun6

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A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.
- Of the ten Cardinals now forming the Conclave, five voted for Cardinal Geoffredo Castiglione [later Pope Celestine IV], a Milanese, nephew to Urban III, and three for Cardinal Romano [da Porto]. — 1856
•
A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.
- [W]e find it once said of an eminent Cardinal, by reason of his great and apparent Likelihood to step into St. Peter’s Chair, that in two Conclaves he went in Pope, and came out again Cardinal. — 1685
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A closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature.
- The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim / In close recess and secret conclave sat / A thousand Demy-Gods on golden seat's, / Frequent and full. — 1667
The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively.
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(no longer used) A private chamber or room.
- [T]he Duchess has fitted up the little room out of her conclave that opens into the garden in the Gothic taste, and made it the prettiest cell you can imagine. — 1753

verb2

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To participate in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
- [N]oble Rivaulx' shrine, whose frequent tolling bells / Disturbed our holy conclaved monks in hours of fast and prayer, […] — 1881
•
Of a cardinal: to attend a closed assembly to elect a pope.
- At Cardinal Verdi's urging the College of Cardinals at last conclaved behind locked doors, slipping into the heavily guarded Sistine Chapel through the underground tunnels for their deliberations. — 2002

forms

conclaved · conclaving · conclaves

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