Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ecclesiastic attending upon a cardinal in a conclave summoned for the election of a pope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The personal
aide of acardinal at apapal conclave .
Etymologies
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From French conclaviste, Italian conclavista, from conclave.
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