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noun. The theosophy or mystic philosophy of the Hebrew religion, which grew up mainly after the beginning of the tenth century, and flourished for many generations.

noun. Any secret science; esoteric as distinguished from exoteric doctrine; occultism; mysticism.

noun. Also spelled cabbala, kabbala.

noun. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediæval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

noun. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.

proper noun. Alternative spelling of Kaballah.

proper noun. Alternative spelling of Kabballah.

noun. an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

noun. an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

"In the case of Madonna, who was born Roman Catholic, her fascination with Jewish images flows mostly out of her attraction to something that she calls cabala but that many dismiss as a distillation of New Age notions about the genuine cabala."

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