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- noun Plural form of
conclavist .
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Examples
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The sacristan of the conclave for the election of a new pope has all the privileges of the conclavists.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Then, in the following days, the various officers of the conclave, the conclavists, confessors, and physicians, servants of various kinds, are examined or appointed by a special commission.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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When ready to vote they enter the Sistine Chapel accompanied by their conclavists bearing their portfolios and writing materials.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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After the conclave certain honorary distinctions and pecuniary emoluments are awarded to the conclavists.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Including the cardinals, prelates, and conclavists, there are perhaps two hundred and fifty persons in the enclosure.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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When the voting is over one of the cardinals opens the door outside of which are gathered the conclavists, and all retire to their cells.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Within, the cardinals live with their conclavists in the cells.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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To each of the cardinals two conclavists were attached, whose duty it was to ply them with brandy, carry insulting messages from one to another, and induce them, as they grew tipsy, to bawl out all sorts of abuse of one another.
Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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