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conclave noun. LME.
[French from Latin conclave, formed as CON- + clavis key.]
a. gen. A private room, an inner chamber. LME-M18.
b. spec. The meeting-place of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church for the election of a pope. LME.
A private meeting or close assembly. M16.
in conclave (of cardinals or gen.) meeting privately or behind closed doors.
b. spec. An assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope; loosely the body of cardinals. E17.
conclavist noun (a) any of the cardinals in conclave; (b) a person attendant upon a cardinal in conclave: E17.