cabala
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- cabalism noun
- cabalist noun
- cabalistic adjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
Here she accumulated Theosophy's assorted bag of borrowings from Buddhism, Hinduism, yoga, the cabala.
From Time Magazine Archive
These works, and the other 74 tales in the collection, have become secular cabala, subject to endless sifting and interpretation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hence it is observed that every ancient form of religion has a cabala containing its secret doctrines—doctrines the inner meaning of which was known only to the few.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt
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