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kabbalah

or cab·a·la

[ kab-uh-luh, kuh-bah- ]

noun

  1. a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are: all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
  2. any occult or secret doctrine or science.


kabbalah

/ ˈkæbəˌlɪzəm; kəˈbɑːlə /

noun

  1. an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament
  2. any secret or occult doctrine or science
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌkabbaˈlistic, adjective
  • ˈkabbalist, noun
  • kabbalism, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kabbalah1

First recorded in 1515–25; from Medieval Latin cabbala, from Hebrew qabbālāh “tradition,” literally, “something received,” i.e., “handed down”; cabal ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kabbalah1

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive
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Example Sentences

In his hands was The Zohar, the chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah.

Neilson told Newsweek that "the separation is a healthy thing for Raising Malawi and the Kabbalah Centre."

That goes a long way toward explaining the appeal of the Church of Scientology and the Kabbalah Centre.

The Kabbalah does not possess that integral connection with Masonry which is argued by Mgr.

Eating little means sleeping little, and whole nights without sleep or food incline one to the Kabbalah!

Somebody was caught reading a Kabbalah-book, and the Rabbi had his beard shaven by Gentiles!

These hermeneutical canons are much older than the Kabbalah.

The Kabbalah is divided into two parts, viz, the symbolical and the real.

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