pmhilton wrote:

The word's [conclave] original use refered to the cardinals' meeting; it
has long since come to mean "any private or secret meeting."

I prefer to reflect upon the literal meaning of "con clave" and the
practice of locking the participants all in together until they come to
agreement.....

......something worth considering, perhaps, in the unlikely event rw,
Wolfgang, 40, David S., Raul, and the Pirate ever choose to attend the
same gathering....

JR