English Explanatory Dictionary

conclave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  3. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively.
  4. A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.
  5. A closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature.
  6. A private chamber or room.
verb
  1. To participate in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
  2. Of a cardinal: to attend a closed assembly to elect a pope.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒnkleɪv/ /ˈkɒŋ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conclave.wav /ˈkɑnˌkleɪv/ /ˈkɑŋ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-conclave.wav

Word forms

conclave conclaves conclaving conclaved

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.

Synonyms

closet

Related words

clave clavis conclavist enclave

Derived words

klonklave conclaved

Translations

Afrikaans: konklaaf Arabic: المجمع المغلق Armenian: կոնկլավ Asturian: cónclave Azerbaijani: konklav Basque: konklabe Belarusian: канкла́ў Breton: konklav Bulgarian: конклав Burmese: ပုပ်ရဟန်းမင်းကြီး ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲ Catalan: conclave Catalan: conclau Czech: konkláve Danish: konklave Dutch: conclaaf Estonian: konklaav Finnish: konklaavi French: conclave Galician: conclave Georgian: კონკლავი German: Konklave Greek: κονκλάβιο Hebrew: קונקלווה Hungarian: konklávé Indonesian: konklaf Italian: conclave Japanese: コンクラーヴェ Kapampangan: konklabe Kapampangan: pamantipun Kazakh: конклав Korean: 콘클라베 Latin: conclāve Latvian: konklāvs Lithuanian: konklava Lombard: conclav Malay: konklaf Malayalam: കോൺക്ലേവ് Mongolian: конклав Norwegian Bokmål: konklave Persian: مجمع انتخاب پاپ Polish: konklawe Portuguese: conclave
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