conclave

Meaning

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. (broadly) A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.
4. A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.
5. (broadly) A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.
6. (obsolete) A private chamber or room.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To participate in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
2. (intransitive) Of a cardinal: to attend a closed assembly to elect a pope.

Synonyms

meeting

consultation

assembly

council

conference

clandestine meeting

counsel

deliberation

Translations

conclave

Konklave

cónclave

conclave

conclaaf

conclave

conclave

conclave

conclau

özel toplantı

الإجتماع السري

kardinaller toplantısı

σύσκεψη

συμβούλιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɒn.ˈkleɪv/

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.