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Webster 1913 Edition
Conclave
Con′clave
(? or ?; 277)
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conclave
CONCLAVE
,Noun.
1.
A private apartment, particularly the room in which the Cardinals of the Romish church meet in privacy, for the eletion of a Pope. It consists of a range of small cells or apartments, standing in a line along the galleries and hall of the Vatican.2.
The assembly or meeting of the Cardinals, shut up for the election of a Pope.3.
A private meeting; a close assembly.Definition 2025
conclave
conclave
See also: cónclave
English
Noun
conclave (plural conclaves)
- The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
- The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
- Robert South
- 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.
- Robert South
- A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
Derived terms
- in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.
Related terms
Translations
set of apartments within which the cardinals are secluded
group of Roman Catholic cardinals
private and secret meeting
Latin
Etymology
From con- + clāve, ablative form of clāvis (“key”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈklaː.we/
Noun
conclāve n (genitive conclāvis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | conclāve | conclāvia |
| genitive | conclāvis | conclāvium |
| dative | conclāvī | conclāvibus |
| accusative | conclāve | conclāvia |
| ablative | conclāvī | conclāvibus |
| vocative | conclāve | conclāvia |
Descendants
- Catalan: conclave
- English: conclave
- French: conclave
- Italian: conclave
- Russian: конкла́в (konkláv)
- Spanish: cónclave
References
- conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CONCLAVE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “conclave”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin