conclaved

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English

Etymology

From conclave +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Adjective

conclaved (not comparable)

  1. Participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
    • 1881, Adra , “Calder Abbey: A Legend of the Brothers There”, in Legends of Lakeland, Scarborough, Yorkshire: S. W. Theakston & Co., , →OCLC, stanza LXXXIV, page 86:
      oble Rivaulx' shrine, whose frequent tolling bells / Disturbed our holy conclaved monks in hours of fast and prayer,
    1. (Roman Catholicism) Of a cardinal: attending, or secluded in, a closed assembly to elect a pope.
      • 2007, Peter M. Sciarrotta, “Seeing is Believing”, in The Seven Angels of the Apocalypse, 2nd edition, Bloomington, Ind.; Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
        "Brothers, we have a Pope!" Bennelli exclaimed. "But I request that you remain conclaved, until I consult the man whom we elected. I shall return within the hour."
  2. (figurative) Hidden, secluded.
    • 1853, Thomas Hawkins, “Book VI”, in The Christiad, London: or the author by Shaw and Sons, →OCLC, page 250:
      eathlike silence reigns / Over that conclaved scorn, pride, shame, and dread;
    • 2023, Jacques Derrida, “Seventh Session”, in E. S. Burt, transl., edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Peggy Kamuf, Hospitality (The Seminars of Jacques Derrida), Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 192:
      fter having sealed his letters, and once his own messages have become invisible for him, sealed, secret, ciphered, conclaved, and have from that point become substitutable, Menalcas naturally makes mistakes in address and confuses the addressees of those to whose houses he sends his letters.

Translations

Verb

conclaved

  1. simple past and past participle of conclave