conclaved
Syllables: con·clavedUK/ˈkɒnkleɪvd/US/ˈkɑnˌkleɪvd/
conclaved adjective: participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting. Also the simple past and past participle of conclave.
Adjective
conclaved (not comparable)
- Participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
- [N]oble Rivaulx' shrine, whose frequent tolling bells / Disturbed our holy conclaved monks in hours of fast and prayer, […]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
- Of a cardinal: attending, or secluded in, a closed assembly to elect a pope.
- "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."2007, Peter M. Sciarrotta, “Seeing is Believing”, in The Seven Angels of the Apocalypse, 2nd edition, Bloomington, Ind.; Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN
- Hidden, secluded.
- [D]eathlike silence reigns / Over that conclaved scorn, pride, shame, and dread; […]1853, Thomas Hawkins, “Book VI”, in The Christiad, London: […] [F]or the author by Shaw and Sons, →OCLC, page 250
- [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.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...
Also used as
conclaved is also the simple past and past participle of conclave.
Origin of conclaved
From conclave + -ed.
Questions about conclaved
- What does conclaved mean?
- Conclaved means participating in a closed, private, or secret meeting.
- What part of speech is conclaved?
- Conclaved is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce conclaved?
- Conclaved is pronounced /ˈkɒnkleɪvd/ (UK).
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