'Conclave' definitions:
Definition of 'conclave'
(from WordNet)
noun
A confidential or secret meeting
Definition of 'Conclave'
From: GCIDE
- Conclave \Con"clave\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.]
- 1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. [1913 Webster]
- It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. [1913 Webster]
- The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conclave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- audience,
- ball,
- bargaining,
- bargaining session,
- brawl,
- caucus,
- chapter,
- classis,
- colloquium,
- commission,
- committee,
- conciliarism,
- concourse,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- conference,
- confrontation,
- congregation,
- congress,
- consistory,
- constitutional convention,
- consultation,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- convocation,
- council,
- council fire,
- Council of Nicaea,
- Council of Trent,
- council of war,
- county convention,
- dance,
- date,
- diet,
- diocesan conference,
- discussion,
- ecclesiastical council,
- ecumenical council,
- eisteddfod,
- exchange of views,
- eyeball-to-eyeball encounter,
- festivity,
- fete,
- forgathering,
- forum,
- gathering,
- get-together,
- high-level talk,
- housewarming,
- huddle,
- interchange of views,
- interview,
- Lateran Council,
- levee,
- meet,
- meeting,
- national convention,
- negotiations,
- news conference,
- nominating convention,
- palaver,
- panel,
- parley,
- parochial church council,
- parochial council,
- party,
- plenary council,
- plenum,
- political convention,
- pourparler,
- powwow,
- preliminary convention,
- presbytery,
- press conference,
- prom,
- quadrennial circus,
- quorum,
- rally,
- reception,
- rendezvous,
- seance,
- session,
- shindig,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- soiree,
- state convention,
- summit,
- summit conference,
- summitry,
- symposium,
- synod,
- turnout,
- Vatican Council,
- vestry