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cabalistic

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cab·a·lis·tic  (kb-lstk)
adj.
1. Having a secret or hidden meaning; occult: cabalistic symbols engraved in stone.
2. Variant of kabbalistic.
caba·listi·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.cabalistic - having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline, cryptic, cryptical
esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"


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Then during the first day spent in inaction and solitude (he tried several times to fix his attention on the Masonic manuscripts, but was unable to do so) the idea that had previously occurred to him of the cabalistic significance of his name in connection with Bonaparte's more than once vaguely presented itself.
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Having heard old Mombi pronounce the magic words, and having also succeeded in bringing the Saw-Horse to life, Tip did not hesitate an instant in speaking the three cabalistic words, each accompanied by the peculiar gesture of the hands.
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It was further decorated with strange and seemingly cabalistic figures and diagrams, suitable to the quaint taste of the age which had been drawn in the stucco, when newly laid on, and had now grown hard and durable, for the admiration of after times.
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