CONCLAVE in a Sentence

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There was a family conclave, the coachman heard of it and leaving his own family went West, and has never returned.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONCLAVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
conclave
 n.  a confidential or secret meeting
Classic Sentence:
1  There was a family conclave, the coachman heard of it and leaving his own family went West, and has never returned.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
2  The whole conclave except these two was unanimous.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
3  In this conclave of young heads, there was one bald member.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
4  Answer me not," said the Templar, "by urging the difference of our creeds; within our secret conclaves we hold these nursery tales in derision.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
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