Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To participate in a closed, private, or secret meeting.

  2. (intransitive)Of a cardinal: to attend a closed assembly to elect a pope.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Cardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope by the Conclave.

    deKardinal Bergoglio wurde vom Konklave zum Papst gewählt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

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

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Forms

conclaves, conclaving, conclaved, conclaved
Base formconclave · to conclave
3rd person singularconclaves
Present participleconclaving
Past simpleconclaved
Past participleconclaved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconclave
he, she, itconclaves

Past simpleLesson

all personsconclaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave conclaved
he, she, ithas conclaved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill conclave

Word family

1 related words
Derivedconclaved

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conciliatoryC2conciseconciselyconcludeB1conclusionB1conclusiveconcoct
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