cabala

1 an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah]

2 an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries [syn: Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Qabbalah, Qabbala]

English

Proper noun

1. alternative spelling of Kaballah

Cabala is a variant spelling of:

• Traditional definition (cabal), to choose using random numbers
• Modern American equivalent (lotto), a lottery or to draw straws
• Jabala (Gabala), a Christian city in Syria during the Middle Ages
• Kabbalah, the religious mystical system of Judaism
• Karbala, a city in Iraq that is holy to Shiite Muslims

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