The group of cardinals involved in a conclave.
A closed meeting in which the elector cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose a new pope.
A private meeting; a closed or secret assembly.
The set of apartments in which the elector cardinals are secluded while a conclave takes place.
An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
A church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
A solemn assembly or council.