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conclave
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Conclave
(gcide) | 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.
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2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the
election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.
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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.
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3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
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The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's
Club) on new books, were speedily known over all
London. --Macaulay.
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To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; --
said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.
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conclave
(wn) | conclave
n 1: a confidential or secret meeting |
CONCLAVE
(bouvier) | 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.
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Conclave
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the
election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
[1913 Webster]
The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's
Club) on new books, were speedily known over all
London. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; --
said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.
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To be in conclave
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the
election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
[1913 Webster]
The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's
Club) on new books, were speedily known over all
London. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; --
said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.
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CONCLAVE
(bouvier) | 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.
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