cabala

British  

/ kəˈbɑːlə, ˈkæbəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. a variant spelling of kabbalah

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Other Word Forms

• cabalism noun
• cabalist noun
• cabalistic adjective

Example Sentences

Bach was into puzzles, numerology, and all kinds of musical cabala, so the nuttiest idea of all about his tuning might well be right.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2010

Here she accumulated Theosophy's assorted bag of borrowings from Buddhism, Hinduism, yoga, the cabala.

From Time Magazine Archive

The consumption tax would drastically reduce the number of exclusions, deductions and credits that now make the Internal Revenue Code a cabala for tax lawyers and C.P.A.s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hunch-players in Italy's weekly lottery often consult a handy handbook called the cabala which gives the magic numbers associated with certain objects and events.

From Time Magazine Archive

I give due credit to the censorial brow, to the broad phylacteries, and to the imposing gravity, of those magisterial rabbins and doctors in the cabala of political science.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund