| 1. | In close recess and secret conclave sa. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | The whole conclave except these two was unanimous. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 3. | And thank the holy conclave for their loves. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | In this conclave of young heads, there was one bald member. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | We have a regularly constituted conclave or tribunal, under a president whose decisions are final. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |