[kam-uh-ril-uh; Sp. kah-mah-ree-lyah, -yah] 
[-ril-uh
z; Sp. -ree-lyahs, -yahs] . | a group of unofficial or private advisers to a person of authority, esp. a group much given to intrigues and secret plots; cabal; clique. |
| cam·a·ril·la (kām'ə-rĭl'ə, -rē'yə) n. A group of confidential, often scheming advisers; a cabal. [Spanish, diminutive of cámara, room, from Late Latin camera; see chamber.] |