kabbalist

American  

[kab-uh-list] / ˈkæb ə lɪst /

Also cabbalist, or cabalist

noun

1. a student of or expert in the kabbalah.

2. a person who is well-versed or highly skilled in obscure or esoteric matters.

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Etymology

Origin of kabbalist

First recorded in 1525–35; from Medieval Latin cabbalista, equivalent to cabbala kabbalah + Latin -ista -ist

Example Sentences

Yet, her attraction for other people — specifically the mysterious and angry kabbalist Amit — doesn’t preclude that.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2016

Artist, occultist, filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, mystic, shaman and kabbalist, he was also an avid collector of blues and folk records, paper airplanes, string figures, Ukrainian Easter eggs, Kiowa peyote songs, ambient street sounds and more.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2015

He was an alchemist, a Freemason, a mathematician, a kabbalist.

From New York Times • May 27, 2013

The Britpop man even claimed to have contacted the spirit of Elizabethan mage John Dee, about whom he has written a pop musical, but the crepe-necked kabbalist was, apparently, unwilling to communicate.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2011

“She claims it’s some medieval palm-reading guide, but I think it’s just something she bought from a traveling kabbalist back in the old country.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros