Part 1519

<i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; in intrigue.</def>

<blockquote>By cursed <b>cabals</b> of women. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Syn</col>. <cd>- Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- <er>Cabal</er>, <er>Combination</er>, <er>Faction</er>. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A <i>combination<i> is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a <i>combiniation<i> of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a chang in prices. A <i>cabal<i> is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A <i>faction<i> is a larger body than a <i>cabal<i>, employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things. "Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to <i>combinations<i>, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming <i>cabals<i>. <i>Factions<i> belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish porposes".</cd></cs>

<i>Crabb.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cabal</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Ca*bal"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>int. & p. p./pos> <er>Caballed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Caballing</er>]</wordforms>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cabaler</ets>.]</ety> <def>To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.</def>

<blockquote><b>Caballing</b> still against it with the great. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cabala</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"a*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. See <er>Cabal</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain medi\'91val Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumed 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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.</def>

<h1>Cabalism</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"a*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cabalisme</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The secret science of the cabalists.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Cabalist</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"a*list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf.F. <ets>cabaliste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions.</def> "Studious cabalists."

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Cabalistic, Cabalistical</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw><hw>Cab`a*lis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cab`a*lis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.</def>

<blockquote>The Heptarchus is a <b>cabalistic</b> of the first chapter of Genesis. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cabaalistically</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Caba`a*lis"tic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cabalistic manner.</def>

<h1>Cabalize</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"a*lize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf.F. <ets>cabaliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To use cabalistic language.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Caballer</h1> <Xpage=199>