cabbala noun. [kǝ'bɑ:lǝ, 'kabǝlǝ] Also cabala, kabbala, qabalah, & (in sense 1) with cap. initial. E16.
[medieval Latin cab(b)ala from rabbinical Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, from qibbēl receive, accept.]
1. The esoteric and mystical Jewish tradition, first transmitted orally, of which the Zohar (13th cent.) is the basic text. E16.

2. gen.
a. (An) oral tradition. M-L17.
b. (An) esoteric doctrine; (a) mystic interpretation; occult lore. M17.

■ cabbalism noun the system of the Jewish cabbala; (an) esoteric doctrine, occult lore: L16.

■ cabbalist noun a person versed in the Jewish cabbala or in mystic arts M16.

■ cabba'listic adjective pertaining to or of the nature of the cabbala or cabbalists; having a private or mystic sense: E17.

■ cabba'listical adjective L16.

■ cabba'listically adverb M17.

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