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con⋅clave
[kon-kleyv, kong-]
–noun
| 1. | a private or secret meeting. |
| 2. | an assembly or gathering, esp. one that has special authority, power, or influence: a conclave of political leaders. |
| 3. | the assembly or meeting of the cardinals for the election of a pope. |
| 4. | the body of cardinals; the College of Cardinals. |
| 5. | the place in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church meet in private for the election of a pope. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : conclave
Spanish:
cónclave,
German:
geheime Sitzung,
Japanese:
秘密会議
conclave
1393, from It., from L. conclave "a room which may be locked," from com- "together" + clavis "a key" (see slot (2)). Earliest use is "a place where cardinals meet to elect a pope." Extended sense of "private assembly" is first recorded 1568.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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