Definition of Conclaves

1. Noun. (plural of conclave) ¹

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Definition of Conclaves

1. conclave [n] - See also: conclave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conclaves

concised
concisely
conciseness
concisenesses
conciser
concises
concisest
concising
concision
concisions
concitation
concitations
conclamant
conclamation
conclave
conclaves (current term)
conclavist
conclavists
concludable
conclude
concluded
concludency
concludent
concluder
concluders
concludes
concludible
concluding
concludingly
conclusible

Literary usage of Conclaves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1896)
"Tfie Papal conclaves, as they were and as they are. By JA Trollope. London, 1876. 5. Tiie Church in Italy. By the Rev. Arthur R. Pennington, MA, ..."

2. History of the Popes: Their Church and State by Leopold von Ranke, E. Fowler (1901)
"63 conclaves I do not fear being called to account for not having registered in this place every fugitive writing, every unimportant treatise which I have ..."

3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1873)
"PAPAL conclaves, AND CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE ELECT!: OF A POPE. ... Article on conclaves : " North British Review," No. xc., Dec., 1866. ..."

4. Paul the Pope, and Paul the Friar: A Story of and Interdict by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1870)
"Conclave for the Election of Paul V.—Secret History of the conclaves—" The ... Regulations for the holding of conclaves—Mode of proceeding—Three Methods of ..."

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