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conclave

[ US /ˈkɑnˌkɫeɪv/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒnkle‍ɪv/ ]
NOUN
  1. a confidential or secret meeting

How To Use conclave In A Sentence

  • And the Master, seated in conclave in the Jeta Grove, assigned her the foremost rank in the mystic powers. Psalms of the Sisters
  • The qualitative difference is that there's no effort, no intention to ‘shut down’ the Democratic conclave.
  • But when the time comes for a conclave to anoint a new pontiff to lead the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, John Paul's influence will still be considerable.
  • Unless the BJP has a change of heart after its Goa conclave, the Prime Minister must expect unmitigated hostility from the main Opposition party.
  • On Paul's death in 1978, Ratzinger attended the two conclaves of that momentous year, and helped elect the unknown Pole, Karol Wojtyla.
  • By the time the conclave meets there is likely to be at least some consensus over the leading contenders.
  • Edwards's name is blacked out, but the text makes clear that the meeting can be none other than the Helms-Edwards conclave that Kissinger and others alluded to.
  • But we abolished this uncivilized custom in conclave, and thenceforth sat our meals out to the end. Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
  • White smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel and bells tolled earlier to announce the conclave had produced a pope.
  • The cardinals must take an oath when they first enter the conclave that they will abide by all rules set down by the Pope and that they will maintain absolute secrecy about the voting and deliberations.
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