conclaves
Private closed-door meetings
Conclaves are private or secret meetings, especially ones where participants are secluded until reaching a decision.
The word is most associated with the assembly of cardinals that elects a new pope, locked away until white smoke signals their choice.
By extension, any exclusive gathering of insiders deliberating important matters: The party leaders met in conclave to choose their candidate.
Pope-electing prelates or finches
- VaticanPapal city-state
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- electionOrganized public voting
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
white smoke · black smoke · balloting · sealed · secret · pontiff · Holy See · College of Cardinals
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- caucusParty selection meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
- closed-doorExcluding outside parties
delegates · negotiations · strategy · party · leaders · coalition · backroom · deliberations
Organized meeting for discussion
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- annual meetingRecurring yearly organizational assembly
- boardFlat rigid panel
executives · industry · planning · strategic · exclusive · stakeholders · leadership · corporate
cardinals
Pope-electing prelates or finches
- VaticanPapal city-state
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- electionOrganized public voting
pope · white smoke · black smoke · balloting · sealed · secret · pontiff · Holy See · College of Cardinals · succession
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- caucusParty selection meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
closed-door · delegates · negotiations · strategy · party · leaders · coalition · backroom · deliberations · power brokers
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- annual meetingRecurring yearly organizational assembly
board · executives · industry · planning · strategic · exclusive · stakeholders · leadership · corporate · think tank
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- conferencesconference, symposium, conferences, keynote, forums
- discussionsdiscussion, discussions, forum, talks, roundtable
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- church gatheringschurch council, assemblies, conferences, church assembly, congresses
- Papal HistoryVatican, Holy See, pontiffs, tiara, College of Cardinals
conclavespublic forums
Open spaces for discourse
open meetings · town halls · public assemblies · public hearings · press conferences
- papal conclaveCardinal election of pontiff