Definition of "cabala" [cab•a•la]

• Variant of kabbalah. See Usage Note at kabbalah. (noun)

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• "In the case of Madonna, who was born Roman Catholic, her fascination with Jewish images flows mostly out of her attraction to something that she calls cabala but that many dismiss as a distillation of New Age notions about the genuine cabala."
• "She can state her position on it if she wishes to or not state it and encourage the suspicion that there is come kind of cabala going with the telecom."
• "Jewish 'cabala' or idea of the Messiah by the spiritualists before the"