cabalistic
- a variation of kabbalistic.
- a word derived from cabala.
Example Sentences
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In desperation, the “Muscovite Venus” turned to her admirer, the mysterious Comte de Saint-Germain, who revealed to her a cabalistic secret that guarantees success at cards.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2017
Madame Fortuna runs the palm-reading concession, channels Bela Lugosi, wears a shawl decorated with "various cabalistic symbols".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2013
The quants created a name for the Truth, a name that smacked of cabalistic studies of magical formulas: alpha.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2011
Some claim to find a cabalistic clue to Bach's intended tuning, close to sixth-comma, in the curlicues at the top of his title page for the WTC: That idea may be nuts, or not.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2010
It was an inborn talent, requiring none of the trying cabalistic study to which her Uncle Marcos had applied himself with far more effort and far less effect.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
