cabala

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  1. noun Variant of kabbalah. See Usage Note at kabbalah.

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  • I found a fabulously illustrated volume of cabala, perhaps from Persia, in the section on alchemy. —  The Historian
  • Intanto sento dalla vostra Gazetta che sia nata una cabala, un partito, e senza ch' io vi abbia presa la minima parte. —  Life of Lord Byron, With His Letters And Journals, Vol. 5
  • In fact, Pike and the Scottish Rite borrowed a good deal of numerology and other superstition from the Jewish cabala, a neo-pagan tradition in direct opposition to the Mosaic law underlying the Jewish religion. —  The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum
  • Talmud is cabala book which spawned secular-sciences and central banks. —  Khilafah.com - Building a global movement for Khilafah
  • And for the country of Bensalem, this man would make no end of commending it, being desirous by tradition among the Jews there to have it believed that the people thereof were of the generations of Abraham, by another son, whom they call Nachoran; and that Moses by a secret cabala ordained the laws of Bensalem which they now use; and that when the Messias should come, and sit in His throne at Hierusalem, the King of Bensalem should sit at His feet, whereas other kings should keep a great distance. —  Ideal Commonwealths
 

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/ˈkæb ələ/
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