Meaning

6 senses
  1. The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.

    Konklave

  2. A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.

  3. A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.

    (broadly)The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively.

    Konklave

    конкла́вkonkláv

  4. A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.

    in conclave

    papal conclave

    Konklave

    конкла́вkonkláv

    конкла́вkonkláv

  5. A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.

    (broadly)A closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature.

    Klausur, Klausurtagung

    a confidential or secret meeting

  6. (obsolete)A private chamber or room.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Cardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope by the Conclave.

    deKardinal Bergoglio wurde vom Konklave zum Papst gewählt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Cardinal Bergoglio was elected by the conclave as Pope and took the name Francis.

  3. White smoke indicates the conclave has finished their deliberation and chosen a new editor for Vogue magazine.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope:
Русский
By meaning 1
group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place:
closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature:

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