English-Thai Dictionary

conclave

N การประชุม ลับ  conference kan-pra-chum-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCLAVE

n.[L., an inner room; a key, or from the same root, to make fast. ] 1. A private apartment, particularly the room in which the Cardinals of the Romish church meet in privacy, for the eletion of a Pope. It consists of a range of small cells or apartments, standing in a line along the galleries and hall of the Vatican.
2. The assembly or meeting of the Cardinals, shut up for the election of a Pope.
3. A private meeting; a close assembly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONCLAVE

Con "clave ( or; 277 ), n. Etym: [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.

 

2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. 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.

 

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club ) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay. To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

conclave

con clave |ˈkänˌklāv ˈkɑːŋkleɪv | ▶noun a private meeting. • (in the Roman Catholic Church ) the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope. • the meeting place for such an assembly. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a private room ): via French from Latin conclave ‘lockable room, ’ from con- ‘with ’ + clavis ‘key. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

conclave

conclave |ˈkɒŋkleɪv | ▶noun a private meeting. • (in the Roman Catholic Church ) the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope. • the meeting place for a conclave. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a private room ): via French from Latin conclave ‘lockable room ’, from con- ‘with ’ + clavis ‘key ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

conclave

conclave noun a conclave of American and Japanese business leaders: (private ) meeting, gathering, assembly, conference, council, summit; informal parley, powwow, get-together.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

conclave

conclave noun a conclave of American, European, and Japanese business leaders: (private ) meeting, gathering, assembly, conference, convention, convocation, council, session, summit, forgathering; informal parley, powwow, get-together.

 

French Dictionary

conclave

conclave n. m. nom masculin Réunion de cardinaux pour l ’élection d ’un pape. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec l ’adjectif concave, creux.

 

Spanish Dictionary

cónclave

cónclave o conclave nombre masculino 1 Recinto en el que están encerrados los cardenales el tiempo que dura la elección de un papa .2 Reunión de varias personas para tratar algún asunto que consideran importante :la crisis ha estallado ahora con la elección de delegados para el cónclave de noviembre; (irón ) llamó a su familia y se aseguró de que nadie interrumpiese el cónclave .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del latín conclave ‘cuartito, habitación pequeña ’, derivado de clavis ‘llave ’, ‘cerrojo ’, por metonimia ha pasado a designar la reunión misma. De la familia etimológica de llave (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

conclave

con clave /kɑ́nkleɪv |kɔ́ŋ -/名詞 1 C (ローマカトリック教会の枢機卿 （けい ）が行う )教皇選挙秘密会議 (室 ), コンクラーベ ; 枢機卿 (一同 ).2 U C (一般に )秘密会議 ▸ sit [meet ] in conclave 秘密会議 [密談 ]をする