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cabbala

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cabbala, cabala, kabbala, kabala [kəˈbɑːlə]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament
2. any secret or occult doctrine or science
[from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
cabbalism , cabalism, kabbalism, kabalism [ˈkæbəˌlɪzəm] n
cabbalist , cabalist, kabbalist, kabalist n
cabbalistic , cabalistic, kabbalistic, kabalistic adj
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Noun1.cabbala - an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
2.Cabbala - an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
theosophy - a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Translations
cabbala [kəˈbɑːlə] Ncábala f


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The cabbala (my dictionary spells it with a "c" and no "h"), a text that is one of the mystical foundations of Judaism, provided him with an antidote to the standard medical school education, which too often focuses on biochemistry and statistics while ignoring the human spirit.
La voracita di Stabile, vero e proprio Comestor, si estende agli aspetti piu reconditi del passato, con frequenti immersioni nell'astrologia e nella cabbala.
Another sentence not to be found in Yiddish: "One day I asked my father to find me a master to guide me in my studies of the cabbala.
 
 
 
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