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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin, from [[Latin]], room that can be locked up, from com- + clavis key  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin, from [[Latin]], room that can be locked up, from com- + clavis key  

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1524]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1524]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : a [[private]] meeting or [[secret]] assembly; especially : a meeting of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism Roman Catholic] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Cardinals cardinals] secluded continuously while [[choosing]] a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope pope]

*1 : a [[private]] meeting or [[secret]] assembly; especially : a meeting of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism Roman Catholic] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Cardinals cardinals] secluded continuously while [[choosing]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope pope]

*2 : a gathering of a [[group]] or [[association]]

*2 : a gathering of a [[group]] or [[association]]

==Description==

==Description==

A papal '''conclave''' is a meeting of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Cardinals College of Cardinals] [[Convention|convened]] to elect a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Rome Bishop of Rome], who becomes the pope, when there is a vacancy in the office. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope pope] is considered by Catholics to be the successor of [[Peter, the Apostle|Saint Peter]] and [[earth]]ly head of the Catholic Church. The conclave is the oldest ongoing [[method]] for choosing the [[leader]] of an [[institution]].

A papal '''conclave''' is a meeting of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Cardinals College of Cardinals] [[Convention|convened]] to elect a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Rome Bishop of Rome], who becomes the pope, when there is a vacancy in the office. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope pope] is considered by Catholics to be the successor of [[Peter, the Apostle|Saint Peter]] and [[earth]]ly head of the Catholic Church. The conclave is the oldest ongoing [[method]] for choosing the [[leader]] of an [[institution]].

A [[history]] of [[political]] [[interference]] in these [[election]]s and consequently long vacancies between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope popes], and most [[immediately]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_election,_1268-1271 interregnum of 1268–1271], prompted the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Lyons Second Council of Lyons] to [[decree]] in 1274 that the electors should be locked in seclusion cum clave ([[Latin]] for "with a key"), and not permitted to leave until a new Bishop of Rome had been elected. Conclaves are now held in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel Sistine Chapel] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Vatican Palace of the Vatican].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave]

A [[history]] of [[political]] [[interference]] in these [[election]]s and consequently long vacancies between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope popes], and most [[immediately]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_election,_1268-1271 interregnum of 1268–1271], prompted the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Lyons Second Council of Lyons] to [[decree]] in 1274 that the electors should be locked in seclusion cum clave ([[Latin]] for "with a key"), and not permitted to leave until a new Bishop of Rome had been elected. Conclaves are now held in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel Sistine Chapel] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Vatican Palace of the Vatican].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]