gematria

[ guh-mey-tree-uh ]

noun
  1. a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.

Origin of gematria

1
1685–95; <Hebrew gēmaṭriyā<Greek geōmetríageometry

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