CABALA
\kabˈɑːlə], \kabˈɑːlə], \k_a_b_ˈɑː_l_ə]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
By Oddity Software
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A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
By Noah Webster.
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The secret science alleged to have been divinely imparted to Moses, and traditionally preserved, by which the rabbis affect to interpret the pretended mystic sense of the words, letters, and very accents of Scripture; any mystic science.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.