Bible Dictionaries
Conclave
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
(2):
(n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.
(3):
(n.) A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Conclave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/conclave.html. 1828.