Definition of Cabbalah

1. Noun. An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret.

Exact synonyms: Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabala, Qabalah
Generic synonyms: Arcanum, Secret
Derivative terms: Cabalistic, Kabbalistic, Qabalistic

2. Noun. An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
Exact synonyms: Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabbala, Qabbalah
Generic synonyms: Theosophy
Category relationships: Judaism

Definition of Cabbalah

1. cabala [n -S] - See also: cabala

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabbalah

C type lectin
C type virus
C value
C value paradox
C wave
CaCC
CaDTe
CaOC
CaOCl
Caaba
Cabala
Cabalist
Cabbage Night
Cabbala
Cabbalah (current term)
Cabell
Cabellian
Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon grape
Cabernet Sauvignons
Cabinda
Cabindan
Cabindans
Cablegate
Cablinasian
Cablinasians
Caboc

Literary usage of Cabbalah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Magic by Joseph Ennemoser, Mary Botham Howitt (1854)
"laws of Manu, and the Jewish traditions of the Cabbalah. As I shall have to refer at a later time to the above-mentioned oriental records, we will now take ..."

2. Jewish Theology: Systematically and Historically Considered by Kaufmann ( Kohler (1918)
"The Cabbalah also divides the soul into three different substances according ... Fundamentally the Cabbalah considered the soul an emanation from the divine ..."

3. The Renaissance and Welsh Literature: Being a Review of Some of the Welsh by William Meredith Morris (1908)
"The Cabbalah is said to have been taught by God himself to the angels, ... The problems discussed in the Cabbalah are the nature and attributes of the Deity ..."

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