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kabbalist

or cab·a·list

[ kab-uh-list ]

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of kabbalist1

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

Grimm had become involved with a mysterious, mostly Israel-based Kabbalist rabbi to the stars named Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto.

To the same school belonged Moses Zakkuto, of Mantua (d. 1697), poet and kabbalist.

On questions of ritual the Kabbalist writings were consulted, often as final authorities.

The people's minds, prepared by483 suffering and the Kabbalist craze, were susceptible to such convulsive expectations.

A great sensation was made there by this enthusiastic, handsome young Kabbalist, the new Jewish recruit.

Now the weak hand of the amiable Kabbalist Solomon Molcho seized the spokes of this revolving wheel.

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