Definitions for cabbala

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cabbala cab·ba·la

Spelling: [kab-uh-luh, kuh-bah

IPA: /ˈkæb ə lə, kəˈbɑ-/

Cabbala is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in cabbala (aaabbcl).

Definitions for cabbala

noun

1. cabala.
2. 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.
3. any occult or secret doctrine or science.

Origin of cabbala

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

Examples for cabbala

In like manner, it was only the initiated Jews of their cabbala, who knew the secret of the same mythos.

While accepting the cabbala it was impossible for Pico to reject magic.

Cabbalist′ic, -al, relating to the cabbala: having a hidden meaning.

Sephiroth, sef′i-roth, n. in the cabbala, the first ten numerals identified with Scripture names of God.

His own models were the oriental reveries of the cabbala, and the theosophy of the mystics.

Cabb′alism, the science of the cabbala; Cabb′alist, one versed in the cabbala.