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单词 conclave
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conclave
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A private or secret meeting is a conclave. What are some reasons you might hold a conclave? You might be convening the executive committee on the board of a company, or you might be planning a surprise party.
In Catholicism, a conclave is specifically a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals who are locked in a room in seclusion when they need to choose a new pope. The word conclave comes from the Latin and originally meant "a locked room." The school's band boosters held a conclave to discuss the harsh district budget cuts and how those cuts might affect all the other music programs at school.
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conclave: conclaves
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It will be the mother of all conclaves.
BBC(Dec 16, 2016)
There was another factor: The Giants’ bullpen resembled a conclave of arsonists.
New York Times(Oct 12, 2016)
A turgid communiqué summarising the outcome of the four-day conclave contained few other revelations.
Economist(Oct 27, 2016)
n a confidential or secret meeting
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group meeting, meeting
a formally arranged gathering
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