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cabbala

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cab⋅ba⋅la

[kab-uh-luh, kuh-bah-]
–noun
cabala.

cab⋅ba⋅lism, noun
cab⋅ba⋅list, noun
cab⋅ba⋅lis⋅tic, cab⋅ba⋅lis⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
cab⋅ba⋅lis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

cab⋅a⋅la

[kab-uh-luh, kuh-bah-]
–noun
1. a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
2. any occult or secret doctrine or science.
Also, cabbala, kabala, kabbala.


Origin:
1515–25; < ML cab(b)ala < Heb qabbālāh tradition, lit., something received, i.e., handed down
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Word Origin & History

cabbala 
1521, from M.L. cabbala, from Heb. qabbalah "received lore, tradition," especially "pretended tradition of mystical interpretation of the Old Testament," from qibbel "to receive, admit."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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