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.

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  • noun The personal aide of a cardinal at a papal conclave.

Etymologies

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From French conclaviste, Italian conclavista, from conclave.

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