Definitions for camarilla

camarilla cam·a·ril·la

Spelling: [kam-uh-ril-uh; Spanish kah-mah- Camarilla is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in camarilla (aaacillmr).

Definitions for camarilla

noun

  1. a group of unofficial or private advisers to a person of authority, especially a group much given to intrigues and secret plots; cabal; clique.

Origin of camarilla

1830-40; Spanish, equivalent to camar(a) room (Latin camera; see chamber) + -illa diminutive suffix Latin

Examples for camarilla

In either case the sovereignty of Ireland relapses into the hands of the permanent officials, that camarilla of Olympians.

Such were the methods of the camarilla who were ruling Russia!

The camarilla crowded round Ferdinand, who lay without sense or motion.

Truly the camarilla were supporting each other, and I, an onlooker, stood amazed and astounded.

Hardly anything could better illustrate the appalling mental position of the camarilla that has got to go.

Their creatures have worked their way into the cabinet and the camarilla.

camarilla, kam-ar-il′a, n. a body of secret intriguers, esp.

Christina and her camarilla scarcely know which most deeply to deplore—the intrusion of Cabrera or the expulsion of Bulwer.

Therefore, two days later, he delivered from the tribune of the Duma some terrible allegations against the camarilla.

But how can we shake off this camarilla that shelters itself behind a forest of bayonets?

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