- a private or secret meeting.
- an assembly or gathering, especially one that has special authority, power, or influence: a conclave of political leaders.
- the assembly or meeting of the cardinals for the election of a pope.
- the body of cardinals; the College of Cardinals.
- the place in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church meet in private for the election of a pope.
- a confidential or secret meeting
- RC Church
- the closed apartments where the college of cardinals elects a new pope
- a meeting of the college of cardinals for this purpose
