Definitions for cabala

cabala cab·a·la

Spelling: [kab-uh-luh, kuh-bah
IPA: /ˈkæb ə lə, kəˈbɑ-/

Cabala is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in cabala (aaabcl).

Definitions for cabala

noun

  1. a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
  2. any occult or secret doctrine or science.

Origin of cabala

1515-25; Medieval Latin cab(b)ala Hebrew qabbālāh ‘tradition’, literally, something received, i.e., handed down

Examples for cabala

This may be so, yet imperceptibly the cabala has moulded the mind of the Jew.

The cabala teaches us the infinite significance of words and names.

We had scarcely sat down when she told me that she had become as skilled in the cabala as myself.

The cabala, as we have seen, was made up of these heterogeneous elements.

Among the Jews we find that in the cabala this idea of transmigration plays the most important part.

Astrology as well as the cabala gives various methods for this purpose.

It had its laws, its oaths, its formulæ—it had almost its cabala.

But if you were to teach me the cabala, you would impart to me these holy names?

In the cabala, the number six was considered to be one of potent mystical properties.

The female stood before him, resting her hands upon the table, awaiting with patience the result of these mysteries of the cabala.

Word Value for cabala
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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