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conclave 音标拼音: [k'ɑnkl,ev] n. 秘密会议,教皇选举会议,红衣主教团 秘密会议,教皇选举会议,红衣主教团 conclave n 1: a confidential or secret meeting Conclave \Con"clave\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- clavis key. See {Clavicle}.] 1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. [1913 Webster] The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] {To be in conclave}, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons. [1913 Webster] 99 Moby Thesaurus words for "conclave": Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Vatican Council, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball, bargaining, bargaining session, brawl, caucus, chapter, classis, colloquium, commission, committee, conciliarism, concourse, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress, consistory, constitutional convention, consultation, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of war, county convention, dance, date, diet, diocesan conference, discussion, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, high-level talk, housewarming, huddle, interchange of views, interview, levee, meet, meeting, national convention, negotiations, news conference, nominating convention, palaver, panel, parley, parochial church council, parochial council, party, plenary council, plenum, political convention, pourparler, powwow, preliminary convention, presbytery, press conference, prom, quadrennial circus, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, state convention, summit, summit conference, summitry, symposium, synod, turnout, vestry CONCLAVE. An assembly of cardinals for the purpose of electing a pope; the
place where the assembly is held is also called a conclave. It derives this name from the fact that all the windows and doors are looked, with the exception of a single panel, which admits a gloomy light.
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