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Conclavist   Listen
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Conclavist  n.  One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.






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... behind the scenes, into nice little promotions. The larger the diocese of the patron, the fatter the curacy for the favorite. And then, there is Rome. A bishop who understands how to become an archbishop, an archbishop who knows how to become a cardinal, carries you with him as conclavist; you enter a court of papal jurisdiction, you receive the pallium, and behold! you are an auditor, then a papal chamberlain, then monsignor, and from a Grace to an Eminence is only a step, and between the Eminence and the Holiness there is but the smoke of a ballot. ...
— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo



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