cabbala

cab·ba·la

[kab-uh-luh, kuh-bah-]
noun

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
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cabbala (kəˈbɑːlə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a variant spelling of kabbalah
 
cabbalism
 
n
 
'cabbalist
 
n
 
cabba'listic
 
adj

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
kabbalah, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah (kəˈbɑːlə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament
2.  any secret or occult doctrine or science
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
 
kabbala, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
 
kabala, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
 
cabbala, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
 
cabala, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
 
qabalah, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
 
kabbalism, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
kabalism, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
cabbalism, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
cabalism, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
qabalism, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
'kabbalist, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
'kabalist, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
'cabbalist, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
'cabalist, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
'qabalist, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
n
 
kabba'listic, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
adj
 
kaba'listic, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
adj
 
cabba'listic, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
adj
 
caba'listic, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
adj
 
qaba'listic, kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
 
adj

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cabbala
1520s, from M.L. cabbala, from Mishnaic Heb. qabbalah "reception, received lore, tradition," especially "tradition of mystical interpretation of the Old Testament," from qibbel "to receive, admit, accept." Cf. Arabic qabala "he received, accepted."
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