conclaved
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnkleɪvd/, /ˈkɒŋ-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnˌkleɪvd/, /ˈkɑŋ-/
- Hyphenation: con‧claved
Adjective
conclaved (not comparable)
- Participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
- 1881, Adra [pseudonym; Edward Fitch], “Calder Abbey: A Legend of the Brothers There”, in Legends of Lakeland, Scarborough, Yorkshire: S. W. Theakston & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza LXXXIV, page 86:
- [N]oble Rivaulx' shrine, whose frequent tolling bells / Disturbed our holy conclaved monks in hours of fast and prayer, […]
- (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."
- (figurative) Hidden, secluded.
- 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, , →ISBN, page 192:
- [A]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
participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting
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of a cardinal: attending, or secluded in, a closed assembly to elect a pope
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Verb
conclaved
- simple past and past participle of conclave