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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch conclaaf (“conclave”), from Middle Dutch conclave, from Middle French conclave, from Latin conclāve (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + clāvis (“key”).
Pronunciation
Noun
konklaf (plural konklaf-konklaf)
- (Catholicism) conclave:
- a closed meeting in which the elector cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose a new pope
- the set of apartments in which the elector cardinals are secluded while a conclave takes place
- the group of cardinals involved in a conclave
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