See Also: cabbala(dictionary)
Cabala (cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, kabbalism, Qabalah, Qabbalah)(health)

cabbala (iou)



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