cabalist

¹ American  

[kab-uh-list] / ˈkæb ə lɪst /

noun

1. a spelling variant of kabbalist.

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cabalist ² American  

[kab-uh-list] / ˈkæb ə lɪst /

noun

1. a member of a cabal.

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Etymology

Origin of cabalist

1635–45; perhaps < French cabaliste. See cabal, -ist

Example Sentences

She tells Weiss that “he’s part hypnotist, part cabalist, a proponent of magnetism, and a theosophist.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2015

The man they most want to speak out on Deri's behalf is 96-year-old Rabbi Yitzhak Kaddouri, the country's senior cabalist.

From Time Magazine Archive

I took my accustomed place that day at the dining-table of the cabalist, oppressed by the idea that I sat down at it for the last time.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

But there, perhaps, throughout all Europe, the curious might discover the most notable collection, ever amassed by an enthusiast, of the works of alchemist, cabalist, and astrologer.

From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Another steps into a chandler's shop, to purchase a pound of butter, and, behold! the waste-paper on which it is laid is the manuscript of a cabalist.

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir