conclavist

[kon-kley-vist, kong-]

noun

either of two persons who attend upon a cardinal at a conclave, one usually being an ecclesiastical secretary and the other a personal servant.

Origin of conclavist

1590–1600; < Italian conclavista < Medieval Latin conclāv(e) conclave + -ista -ist

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Historical Examples of conclavist

Each cardinal is accompanied by a clerk or secretary, known for this reason as a conclavist, and by one servant only.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7
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Any conclavist who may leave the conclave cannot on any account return.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, April 1875, Vol. XV., No. 88
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