Associations to the word «Conclave»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
CONCLAVE, noun. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
CONCLAVE, noun. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
CONCLAVE, noun. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
Dictionary definition
CONCLAVE, noun. A confidential or secret meeting.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.