conclave
The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a…The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.
» Cardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope by the Conclave.
Kardinal Bergoglio wurde vom Konklave zum Papst gewählt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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6 sensesThe set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.
Konklave
A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.
A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope.
(broadly)The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively.
Konklave
конкла́вkonkláv
A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope.
in conclave
papal conclave
Konklave
конкла́вkonkláv
конкла́вkonkláv
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
(obsolete)A private chamber or room.
Examples
3 sentencesCardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope by the Conclave.
deKardinal Bergoglio wurde vom Konklave zum Papst gewählt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Cardinal Bergoglio was elected by the conclave as Pope and took the name Francis.
White smoke indicates the conclave has finished their deliberation and chosen a new editor for Vogue magazine.
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