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conclave

noun
/ˈkɒnkleɪv/UK/ˈkɑnˌkleɪv/US

Etymology

PIE word *ḱóm The noun is derived from Late Middle English conclave (“private chamber; (Roman Catholicism) private room where election of the Pope takes place; meeting held for this purpose”), borrowed from Middle French conclave (modern French conclave), or directly from its etymon Latin conclāve (“chamber, room; enclosed space that can be locked; dining hall”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) (combining form of cum (“(along) with”)) + clāvis (“key”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“(noun) crook, hook; peg; (verb) to close”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. derived from *kleh₂w-✻ — “(noun) crook, hook; peg; (verb) to close”
  2. derived from conclāve — “chamber, room; enclosed space that can be locked; dining hall”
  3. derived from conclave
  4. inherited from conclave — “private chamber; (Roman Catholicism) private room where election of the Pope takes place; meeting held for this purpose”

Definitions

  1. The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope…

    The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.

  2. 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].
    • Two years afterwards Pius IX died, and the Conclave met in the Vatican to choose his successor. Its deliberations were short.

  3. A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.

    • in conclave
    • papal conclave
    • The ſaid Duke Ferdinando [I de’ Medici] vvas reputed a vviſe and vvarie Prince, and it vvas a ſolid vviſdom rather than a Formall. He had been long a Cardinall, and at tvvo or three Conclaves (as they call them) or Elections of Popes.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A private chamber or room.

      • […] John Zonaras [Joannes Zonaras] […] vvriteth […] That the Interpreters of the Lavv [the translators of the Septuagint] vvere divided into couples, and that they vvere placed every one in a ſeveral Conclave: […]

    2. 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, […]

    3. Of a cardinal

      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.
      • "Brothers, we have a Pope!" Bennelli exclaimed. "But I request that you remain conclaved, until I consult the man whom we elected. I shall return within the hour."

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Derived

klonklave, conclaved

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA