Conclave vs Enclave - What's the difference?
conclave | enclave |
The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
* (Robert South)
A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
* (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
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File:Enclave.svg, C is A's enclave and B's exclave.
File:Exclave.svg, C is an exclave of B, but not an enclave of A.
A pene-enclave (resp., pene-exclave) is an area that is an enclave "for practical purposes", but does not meet the strict definition. This is a very technical term.
To enclose within a foreign territory.
As nouns the difference between conclave and enclave
is that conclave is the set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope while enclave is a political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.As a verb enclave is
to enclose within a foreign territory.conclave
English
Noun
(en noun)- It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.
- The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London.
Derived terms
* in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.enclave
English
(wikipedia enclave)Noun
(en noun)- The republic of San Marino is an enclave of Italy.
- The streets around Union Square form a Protestant enclave within an otherwise Catholic neighbourhood.
- ...it tends to make marriage itself a lifestyle enclave.