Cardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope by the Conclave.
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Conclave
//ˈkɒnkleɪv//
Synonyms for "conclave" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
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Translations
112 translations across 66 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- konklaaf noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konklaaf noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- konklaaf noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- konklaaf noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Arabic
1 entries- المجمع المغلق noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Armenian
2 entries- կոնկլավ noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- կոնկլավ noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Asturian
1 entries- cónclave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- konklav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Basque
1 entries- konklabe noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Belarusian
1 entries- канкла́ў noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Breton
1 entries- konklav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Bulgarian
2 entries- конклав noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- конклав noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Burmese
1 entries- ပုပ်ရဟန်းမင်းကြီး ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲ noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Catalan
4 entries- conclau noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- conclau noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- conclau noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
- conclave noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 樞機團 /枢机团 noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- 祕密會議 /秘密会议 noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Czech
1 entries- konkláve noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Danish
1 entries- konklave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Dutch
2 entries- conclaaf noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- conclaaf noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Esperanto
2 entries- konklavo noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konklavo noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
Estonian
1 entries- konklaav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Finnish
4 entries- konklaavi noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konklaavi noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- konklaavi noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- konklaavi noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
French
3 entries- conclave noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- conclave noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- conclave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Galician
1 entries- conclave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Georgian
1 entries- კონკლავი noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
German
4 entries- Klausur noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
- Klausurtagung noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
- Konklave noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- Konklave noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
Greek
1 entries- κονκλάβιο noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Hebrew
1 entries- קונקלווה noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Hungarian
1 entries- konklávé noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Ido
2 entries- konklavo noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konklavo noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
Indonesian
3 entries- konklaf noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konklaf noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- konklaf noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Irish
3 entries- comhthionól cairdinéal noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- comhthionól cairdinéal noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- tionól rúnda noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Italian
2 entries- conclave noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- conclave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Japanese
1 entries- コンクラーヴェ noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Kapampangan
2 entries- konklabe noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- pamantipun noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Kazakh
3 entries- конклав noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- конклав noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- конклав noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Korean
1 entries- 콘클라베 noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Latin
2 entries- conclāve noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- conclāve noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Latvian
1 entries- konklāvs noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Lithuanian
1 entries- konklava noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Lombard
1 entries- conclav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Malay
1 entries- konklaf noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Malayalam
1 entries- കോൺക്ലേവ് noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Mongolian
1 entries- конклав noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konklave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Persian
1 entries- مجمع انتخاب پاپ noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Polish
3 entries- konklawe noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konklawe noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- konklawe noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Portuguese
2 entries- conclave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- conclave noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Punjabi
1 entries- پاپائی جلسۂ انتخاب noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Romanian
1 entries- conclav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Russian
2 entries- конкла́в noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- конкла́в noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- konkláva noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- конкла́ва noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Silesian
1 entries- kůnklawe noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කොන්ක්ලෙව් noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Slovak
1 entries- konkláve noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Slovene
1 entries- konklave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Sotho
4 entries- konkleifi noun (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- konkleifi noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- konkleifi noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- konkleifi noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Spanish
3 entries- cónclave noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- cónclave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
- cónclave noun (closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature)
Swahili
1 entries- konklevu noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Swedish
2 entries- konklav noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
- konklav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Tagalog
1 entries- kongklabe noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Tamil
1 entries- திருத்தந்தைத் தேர்தல் noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Thai
1 entries- การประชุมเลือกสันตะปาปา noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Turkish
1 entries- konklav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Ukrainian
1 entries- конкла́в noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Urdu
1 entries- پاپائی جلسۂ انتخاب noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Uzbek
1 entries- konklav noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mật nghị hồng y noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- konklave noun (closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope)
Welsh
1 entries- conclaf noun (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope; cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church collectively)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Cardinal Bergoglio was elected by the conclave as Pope and took the name Francis.
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White smoke indicates the conclave has finished their deliberation and chosen a new editor for Vogue magazine.
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On Friday, St. John's Day, the 27th of December, the cardinals entered the conclave. […] Two hours before nightfall, the whole body met again in a chapel within the conclave, and after the bull of pope Julius [II] against simoniacal practices had been read, every cardinal, in the presence of the foreign ambassadors, took his corporal oath upon the Holy Evangelists to observe the bull to the best of his abilities.
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