camarilla

[kam-uh-ril-uh; Sp. kah-mah-ree-lyah, -yah]

cam·a·ril·la

[kam-uh-ril-uh; Sp. kah-mah-ree-lyah, -yah]
noun, plural cam·a·ril·las [-ril-uhz; Sp. -ree-lyahs, -yahs] .
a group of unofficial or private advisers to a person of authority, especially a group much given to intrigues and secret plots; cabal; clique.

Origin:
1830–40; < Spanish, equivalent to camar(a) room (< Latin camera; see chamber) + -illa diminutive suffix < Latin
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Camarilla is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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camarilla (ˌkæməˈrɪlə, Spanish kamaˈriʎa)
 
n
a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
 
[C19: from Spanish: literally: a little room]

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