konklaf

Indonesian

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

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkonklaf/ [ˈkon.klaf]
  • Rhymes: -onklaf
  • Syllabification: kon‧klaf

Noun

konklaf (plural konklaf-konklaf)

  1. (Catholicism) conclave:
    1. a closed meeting in which the elector cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose a new pope
    2. the set of apartments in which the elector cardinals are secluded while a conclave takes place
    3. the group of cardinals involved in a conclave

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