Con"cio*na`to*ry (?; 106), a. Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. [Obs.] Howell.
Con*cise" (?), a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.
B. Jonson.
Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little.
I. Watts.
Syn. -- Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.
Con*cise"ly, adv. In a concise manner; briefly.
Con*cise"ness, n. The quality of being concise.
Con*ci"sion (?), n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See Concise.] A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South.
Con`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. concitatio. See Concite.] The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] "The concitation of humors." Sir T. Browne.
Con*cite" (?), v. t. [L. concitare; con- + citare. See Cite.] To excite or stir up. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Con`cla*ma"tion (?), n. [L. conclamatio.] An outcry or shout of many together. [R.]
Before his funeral conclamation.
May (Lucan).
Con"clave (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.] 1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.
It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.
South.