All 50 Uses of
conclave
in
Angels & Demons
- The Vatican Conclave.†
Chpt 33-34conclave = confidential or secret meeting
- Cardinals over eighty years of age were too old to be eligible for election and did not attend conclave, but at seventy-nine years old, Mortati was the most senior cardinal here and had been appointed to oversee the proceedings.†
Chpt 33-34
- Following tradition, the cardinals gathered here two hours before conclave to catch up with friends and engage in last-minute discussion.†
Chpt 33-34
- Conclave.†
Chpt 33-34
- Conclave was a vacuum, not to be influenced by anything in the outside world.†
Chpt 33-34
- 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.†
Chpt 33-34conclaves = confidential or secret meetings
- Tonight's conclave will be unified, blissful, and above all ....brief.†
Chpt 33-34conclave = confidential or secret meeting
- As overseer of the conclave, Mortati had already sent word through the proper channels to the Swiss Guard alerting them to the cardinals' absence.†
Chpt 33-34
- Conclave begins in a little under an hour.†
Chpt 35-36
- Langdon nodded, vaguely recalling that before conclave the cardinals spent two hours inside the Sistine Chapel in quiet reflection and visitations with their fellow cardinals from around the globe.†
Chpt 35-36
- Banned from the city for secrecy and security until the conclave concludes.†
Chpt 35-36
- We have reason to believe it was placed inside your complex by an antireligious cult hoping to disrupt your conclave.†
Chpt 35-36
- A conclave is not some American baseball game you call on account of rain.†
Chpt 35-36
- Since 1179, conclaves have survived earthquakes, famines, and even the plague.†
Chpt 35-36conclaves = confidential or secret meetings
- If Langdon was correct, during the interim between Popes, complete autonomous power shifted temporarily to the late Pope's personal assistant-his chamberlain-a secretarial underling who oversaw conclave until the cardinals chose the new Holy Father.†
Chpt 35-36conclave = confidential or secret meeting
- Mr. Langdon, it is true that Vatican rule dictates the camerlegno assume chief executive office during conclave, but it is only because his lack of eligibility for the papacy ensures an unbiased election.†
Chpt 35-36
- Conclave begins in forty minutes.†
Chpt 35-36
- Perhaps I should detain you until after the conclave when I do have time.†
Chpt 35-36
- Ah, the indignities we endure in the name of Holy Conclave.†
Chpt 37-38
- Nowadays, most insiders already knew who was favored to become Pope well before conclave convened, so the process was more of a three— or four-hour ritual than an actual election.†
Chpt 37-38
- The conclave of 1831 had lasted fifty-four days.†
Chpt 37-38
- Not tonight, he told himself; rumor was this conclave would be a "smokewatch."†
Chpt 37-38
- When the Vatican operator calls me a half hour before I begin conclave to tell me a woman is calling from your private office to warn me of some sort of major security threat of which I have not been informed, that concerns me.†
Chpt 39-40
- I am also aware that as direttore intermediario, I have a responsibility for the safety and well-being of everyone at this conclave.†
Chpt 39-40
- Dangerous or not, Illuminati or no Illuminati, whatever this thing is, it most certainly should not be inside Vatican City ....no less on the eve of the conclave.†
Chpt 39-40
- If I am not mistaken, the cardinals are now safely within the Sistine Chapel, and your security concerns are at a minimum until the conclave breaks.†
Chpt 39-40
- If I did not know better it would appear that you are causing this conclave intentional danger.†
Chpt 39-40
- They are simply late for the fellowship preceding conclave.†
Chpt 41-42
- Not only was the Sistine Chapel starting to feel like a sauna, but conclave was scheduled to begin in twenty minutes, and there was still no word on the four missing cardinals.†
Chpt 41-42
- Mortati was particularly unnerved by the missing cardinals because the task of supervising this conclave had fallen to him.†
Chpt 41-42
- A week ago, the College of Cardinals had unanimously chosen Mortati for the office known as The Great Elector-the conclave's internal master of ceremonies.†
Chpt 41-42
- The appointment made one ineligible as a candidate during the election, and it also required one spend many days prior to conclave poring over the pages of the Universi Dominici Gregis reviewing the subtleties of conclave's arcane rituals to ensure the election was properly administered.†
Chpt 41-42
- The appointment made one ineligible as a candidate during the election, and it also required one spend many days prior to conclave poring over the pages of the Universi Dominici Gregis reviewing the subtleties of conclave's arcane rituals to ensure the election was properly administered.†
Chpt 41-42
- You suggest we cancel conclave right now?†
Chpt 43-44
- Seal conclave.†
Chpt 43-44
- Conclave procedure obligates—†
Chpt 43-44
- Conclaves are held by candlelight.
Chpt 43-44 *
- After conclave is sealed, I could pull all except a few of my perimeter guards and begin a search.†
Chpt 43-44
- Go to the chapel, seal conclave.†
Chpt 43-44
- There is a threat to the conclave.†
Chpt 43-44
- That done, he began preparations for the conclave.†
Chpt 47-48
- Conclave, he thought.†
Chpt 47-48
- Nowadays, because the outcome of conclave was usually known before it began, the process was criticized as obsolete-more of a burlesque than an election.†
Chpt 47-48
- Conclave was not an election.†
Chpt 47-48
- The conclave would need a leader tonight more than ever.†
Chpt 47-48
- It's called conclave," Chinita said.†
Chpt 51-52
- I have just removed a dozen of my best men from Vatican City on the eve of conclave.†
Chpt 55-56
- Conclave started an hour ago.†
Chpt 65-66
- Conclave had officially begun.†
Chpt 67-68
- "You are well aware," the camerlegno said, "that our four preferiti are not present in conclave at this moment.†
Chpt 67-68
Definition:
a confidential or secret meeting