conclavistn.
/ˈkɒnkleɪvɪst/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun] > collective > met for election > member of
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Conclauista, a fellow chooser of a Pope, or one that is admitted in the Conclaue.]
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 554 The Pope, considering that the Conclauists of account remaine at Rome.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Conclavist, one of those Cardinals that meet in the conclave for the election of the Pope.
2. One who attends on a cardinal in conclave.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Conclavist, one of those Cardinals that meet in the conclave for the election of the Pope; or he that has the keeping of that room.
1670 London Gaz. No. 437/2 The Conclavist or Chamber-keeper to Cardinal Albici was lately put out of the Conclave.
1691 W. B. New Hist. Rom. Conclave iii. 9 Every Cardinal brings into the Conclave along with him a Conclavist and two Servants.
1776–88 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall lxvi. 129 (note) (Seager) The Cardinals knocked at his door; but his Conclavist refused to interrupt the studies of Bessarion.
1883 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. at Conclave Each Cardinal is allowed to have two members of his household in personal attendance upon him [in the conclave]; these are called conclavists.
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