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con·clave

(kŏn′klāv′, kŏng′-)

1. A secret or confidential meeting.

2. Roman Catholic Church

a. The private rooms in which the cardinals meet to elect a new pope.

b. The meeting held to elect a new pope.

3. A meeting of family members or associates.

[Middle English, private chamber, conclave of cardinals, from Latin conclāve, lockable room : com-, com- + clāvis, key.]

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conclave

(ˈkɒnkleɪv; ˈkɒŋ-)

1. a confidential or secret meeting

2. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church

a. the closed apartments where the college of cardinals elects a new pope

b. a meeting of the college of cardinals for this purpose

[C14: from Medieval Latin conclāve, from Latin: cage, place that may be locked, from clāvis key]

ˈconclavist n

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con•clave

(ˈkɒn kleɪv, ˈkɒŋ-)

n.

1. a private or secret meeting.

2. an assembly or gathering, esp. one that has special authority or influence: a conclave of political leaders.

3. the assembly of the cardinals for the election of a pope.

[1350–1400; < Medieval Latin, Latin conclāve room < (camera) cum clāve (room) with key. See con-, clef]

conclave

- Based on Latin con- and clavis, "key," as it was first an inner chamber or private room to which one would have needed a key, literally a "place that can be locked up," or a room or set of rooms that can be opened with only one key.

Conclave

an assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope; a close or secret meeting.

Examples: conclave of bishops, 1568; of cardinals, 1625; of prelates; of rabbins [rabbis], 1635; of teachers.

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Noun

conclave - a confidential or secret meeting

group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"

conclave

noun (secret or private) meeting, council, conference, congress, session, cabinet, assembly, parley In the US, Nato defence ministers have just ended a lengthy conclave.

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conclave

noun

A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:

assemblage, assembly, body, company, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop.

Informal: get-together.

Translations

مَجْمَع سِرّي خاص

tajná schůzka/porada

konklave

geheime Sitzung

conclave

zárt ülés

einkafundur

conclave

slaptas pasitarimas

slepena sanāksme

hemmelig møte

tajná porada

gizli toplantıKardinaller toplantısı

秘密会议

conclave

[ˈkɒnkleɪv] N → cónclave m

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conclave

→ Klausur f; in conclave → in Klausur; to meet in conclave → eine Klausurtagung abhalten

(Eccl) → Konklave nt

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conclave

[ˈkɒnkleɪv] n (meeting) → riunione f segreta (Rel) → conclave m

conclave

(ˈkonkleiv) noun

a private, secret meeting.

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But far within And in thir own dimensions like themselves The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat A thousand Demy-Gods on golden seat's, Frequent and full.

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Mrs Durbeyfield was welcomed with glances and nods by the remainder of the conclave, and turned to where her husband sat.