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conclave
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  • "Answer me not," said the Templar, "by urging the difference of our creeds; within our secret conclaves we hold these nursery tales in derision.†  (source)
  • Here and there furtive forms picked their way among the dead, and near the opposite tree line a lively group of heralds, both French and English, met in conclave with much pointing and animated conversation.†  (source)
    conclave = confidential or secret meeting
  • Autumn had come, the Conclave had declared, but the gods had not seen fit to tell the winds and woods as yet.†  (source)
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  • The boy, and his stricken and bruised conclave of monsters, his felt but half-seen crowd, fell to earth.†  (source)
    conclave = confidential or secret meeting
  • An unprecedented liberal, His Holiness had secured the papacy through one of the most controversial and unusual conclaves in Vatican history.†  (source)
    conclaves = confidential or secret meetings
  • The voices of the Ents were still rising and falling in their conclave.†  (source)
    conclave = confidential or secret meeting
  • Since 1179, conclaves have survived earthquakes, famines, and even the plague.†  (source)
    conclaves = confidential or secret meetings
  • As the conclave dispersed, Eragon motioned to Roran, Jormundur, and Arya.†  (source)
    conclave = confidential or secret meeting
  • All Conclaves must return to Alicante.†  (source)
    Conclaves = confidential or secret meetings
  • The art and address of ambassadors from a dozen belligerent powers of Europe, nay, of a conclave of cardinals at the election of a Pope ....would not exceed the specimens we have seen.†  (source)
    conclave = confidential or secret meeting
  • Conclaves created an intense, politically charged atmosphere, and over the centuries they had turned deadly; poisonings, fist fights, and even murder had erupted within the sacred walls.†  (source)
    Conclaves = confidential or secret meetings
  • But he sat down right next to me, between me and Jeb, crossing his legs and setting the food tray in the middle of our little conclave.†  (source)
    conclave = confidential or secret meeting
  • Sedgwick selected a Friday in January for the conclave to meet in his Bluffton office.†  (source)
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