Synonyms for conclave
Definitions
- n. 1
The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.
Forms
- Plural
- conclaves → synods, councils, assemblies, caucuses…
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A conclave is secret, but of larger numbers, ordinarily, than a cabal, and may have honorable use; as, the conclave of cardinals.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- council The council isn’t doing anything to help the city.
- synod As a young priest, Father Thomas attended his first synod.
- closet Tom took his coat out of the closet and put it on.
By length
- 5 letters
- synod2
- 6 letters
- closet2, caucus2
- 7 letters
- council2
- 8 letters
- assembly3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (synod2 = 2 syllables).