How To Use conclave In A Sentence
- A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope.
- It is the first occasion on which we meet with the word conclave in connection with papal elections. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
- The girls are not allowed to step out of the conclaves, even to buy so much as a bar of soap or a sachet of shampoo.
- The consensus is that there were eight ballots, which would make that one of the longer conclaves of the 20th century.
- In recognition of his abilities, the conclave, assembled at Rome in the church of the Minerva after the death of Martin V, elected Cardinal Condulmaro to the papacy on the first scrutiny. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
- So will the questions of whether the papacy is to pass from Europe (now seen as a pagan place that needs to be converted all over again) and whether the Italian cardinals or the German ones will hold sway in the conclave. In Search of a Pope
- I understand that the voting cardinals who took part in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI as the new pope took an oath of perpetual secrecy about what happened in the conclave.
- The ‘Grass to Gold Jewellery Convention’ is perhaps the first conclave of its kind ever held in Asia presenting the culture of jewellery in all its facets.
- He watched news coverage of the conclave with friends.
- When the conclave at the third scrutiny elected Gioacchino Pecci to the tiara as Leo XIII, the schism between the papacy and the Italian government widened.