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Definition

a confidential or secret meeting

In the Roman Catholic Church, conclave has specialized meanings: when the cardinals meet to select a Pope; or the room in which they meet

They held a secret conclave in Amsterdam.

conclave = a confidential or secret meeting

They assembled a conclave of cardinals to select the next Pope.
Conclaves are held by candlelight.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

conclaves = confidential or secret meeting

"The conclave's breaking at last.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
The boy, and his stricken and bruised conclave of monsters, his felt but half-seen crowd, fell to earth.
Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
Every mere council of appointment, however constituted, will be a conclave, in which cabal and intrigue will have their full scope.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
They looked like kobolds from some magic mine—gnomes of the hills in conclave.
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
I was but two-andforty when the Conclave called me.
George R.R. Martin -- A Feast For Crows
The whole conclave except these two was unanimous.
James Joyce -- Dubliners
Sedgwick selected a Friday in January for the conclave to meet in his Bluffton office.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
I think we should summon Miss Brent to join our conclave.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
"Answer me not," said the Templar, "by urging the difference of our creeds; within our secret conclaves we hold these nursery tales in derision.
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
In this conclave of young heads, there was one bald member.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
Chapter 37 — CONCLAVE OF KINGS.
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance
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.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
And once more in mine arms I bid him welcome, And thank the holy conclave for their loves.
William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII
An unprecedented liberal, His Holiness had secured the papacy through one of the most controversial and unusual conclaves in Vatican history.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Alec, last night, when the Silent Brothers called for your help, where was the Conclave?
Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
"Ay, sure, shepherd," said the conclave.
Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
The voices of the Ents were still rising and falling in their conclave.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Two Towers

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