- And the name comes from the time when the people of Viterbo, where the cardinals where located to elect the pope, locked them in a key-closed room until they'd produce a pope, as they were just faffing about. It still took them about a year to produce one. #language
- #Wiktionary #WOTD for 7 May 2025: “conclave”—“a closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope [...]”. From Latin “con-” (prefix meaning ”(along) with”) + clāvis (”key”). The #conclave after the death of #PopeFrancis on 21 April 2025 begins today. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
