conclave English · revision 808

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒnkleɪv/, /ˈkɒŋ-/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑnˌkleɪv/, /ˈkɑŋ-/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|conclave]],^(AHD)^(MED) partly through [[frm|conclave]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|la|conclāve|t=a room that can be locked]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[af|la|com-|clāvis|t1=with, together|t2=key]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986)^(Hendrickson 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The place in which the cardinals meet in private to elect a pope (1393 in the OED; before 1393 in Barnhart).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 15th-century English the word also meant a private chamber or retreat, used figuratively of the Virgin's womb, and ''dead conclave'' meant a tomb.^(Etymonline)^(MED)^(OED 1989) The papal conclave, established by Pope Gregory X in 1274, gave each cardinal a small locked cell during the election.^(Hendrickson 2008) From the place the word passed to the meeting of cardinals itself (1625) and to the College of Cardinals (1613).^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) By 1568 it was extended to any private or close assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical character,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and it is now used of any confidential meeting or gathering of a group.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1393 – the place where cardinals elect a pope.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * before 1400 – a private chamber (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1568 – any private assembly.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1613 – the body of cardinals.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1625 – the assembly of cardinals electing a pope.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A secret or confidential meeting.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The meeting of the [[cardinal|alt=cardinals]] of the Roman Catholic Church, secluded while they elect a [[pope]], or the rooms in which it is held.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A gathering of the members of a group or association.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clave]]

+ * [[conclavist]]

+ * [[enclave]]

+ * [[clavicle]]

+ * [[clef]]

+ * [[clause]]

+ * [[close]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}