CONCLAVE

(Lat. con, together, and Gr. k\u<o, 1 shut up.) The a embly of cardinals for fhe election of a pope. It begins the day following the funeral of the deceased pontiff. The cardinals are locked up in separate apartments and meet once a day in the chapel of the Vatican (or other pontifical palace), where their votes, given on a slip of paper, are examined. This continues until two-thirds of the votes are found to be in favour of a particular candidate. The amba adors of France, Austria, and Spain have each the right to put in a veto against the election of one cardinal, who may be unacceptable to their respective courts. [s. 284]