What does conclave mean?

Definitions for conclave
ˈkɒn kleɪv, ˈkɒŋ-con·clave

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. conclavenoun

    a confidential or secret meeting

Wiktionary

  1. conclavenoun

    The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

  2. conclavenoun

    The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; 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. uE000112465uE001 Robert South

  3. conclavenoun

    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. uE000112466uE001 Thomas Babington Macaula

  4. Etymology: French from conclave, a room that may be locked up; con- + clavis key.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Conclavenoun

    Etymology: conclave, Latin.

    I thank the holy conclave for their loves;
    They’ve sent me such a man I would have wish’d for. William Shakespeare.

    It was said of 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, Sermons.

    Forthwith a conclave of the godhead meets,
    Where Juno in the shining senate sits. Samuel Garth.

Wikipedia

  1. conclave

    A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church.Concerns around political interference led to reforms after the interregnum of 1268–1271 and Pope Gregory X's decree during the Second Council of Lyons in 1274 that the cardinal electors should be locked in seclusion cum clave (Latin for 'with a key') and not permitted to leave until a new pope had been elected. Conclaves are now held in the Sistine Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.Since the Apostolic Age, the bishop of Rome, like other bishops, was chosen by the consensus of the clergy and laity of the diocese. The body of electors was more precisely defined when, in 1059, the College of Cardinals was designated the sole body of electors. Since then, other details of the process have developed. In 1970, Pope Paul VI limited the electors to cardinals under 80 years of age in Ingravescentem aetatem. The current procedures were established by Pope John Paul II in his apostolic constitution, Universi Dominici gregis, as amended by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 and 2013. A two-thirds supermajority vote is required to elect the new pope. The last papal conclave occurred in 2013, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, succeeding Benedict XVI.

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  1. conclave

    A conclave is a private or confidential meeting or assembly, often involving a group of people with shared power or influence. The term is most commonly used to refer to the gathering of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church who meet in complete seclusion to elect a new pope. The word derives from the Latin phrase 'cum clave', meaning 'with a key', referring to being locked away together.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Conclavenoun

    the set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope

  2. Conclavenoun

    the body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals

  3. Conclavenoun

    a private meeting; a close or secret assembly

  4. Etymology: [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.]

Wikidata

  1. Conclave

    Marcus makes the final move on the Purebloods and also discovers the whereabouts of Blade's and Shen's main hideout. This leads to a final showdown between Marcus and Blade as well as Krista and Chase!

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Conclave

    kon′klāv, n. the room in which cardinals meet to elect a pope: the body of cardinals: any close assembly.—n. Con′clavist, an attendant on a cardinal in conclave. [L. conclave, from con, together, clavis, a key.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Conclave

    properly the room, generally in the Vatican, where the cardinals are confined under lock and key while electing a Pope.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of conclave in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of conclave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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    Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet, And there the voice of wailing loud; Here scholars grave in conclave meet, There howls the brawling drunken crowd; Here, charming maidens full of glee, There, tottering, withered dames we see. Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell, If here we live in heaven or hell.

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