Conclave

(kon'klāv.) [From L. conclavium, literally, shut up with one key.] Properly, the place in which the Cardinals of the Church of Rome meet for the election of a Pope; also, the general a embly of Cardinals. The latter are locked up in separate apartments, and meet once a day in the chapel of the Vatican in which they are a embled, where their votes, given on a slip of paper, are examined. This continues until two thirds of the votes are given in favor of one person. The amba adors of France, Austria, and Spain, have a right, on the part of their respective courts, to put in av eto against the election of one Cardinal. [s. 214]