cabal

cabal
I. noun Etymology: French cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, from Medieval Latin cabbala cabala, from Late Hebrew qabbālāh, literally, received (lore) Date: 1614 1. the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues 2. club, group <
a cabal of artists
>
Synonyms: see plot II. intransitive verb (caballed; caballing) Date: 1678 to unite in or form a cabal

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  • Cabal — Ca*bal (k[.a]*b[a^]l ), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb[=a]l[=e]h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q[=a]bal to take or receive, in Pi[ e]l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cabal — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Cabal (desambiguación). Cabal es una novela de terror escrita por Clive Barker en 1988. Originalmente fue publicada dentro de un libro que contenía otros relatos cortos,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cabal — Entwickler TAD Corporation Publisher …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cabal — Fréquent dans l Aveyron et le Tarn, le nom est sans doute à rattacher à l occitan caval (= cheval), surnom donné au possesseur d un cheval, ou à celui qui est fort comme un cheval. L hypothèse donnée par Dauzat (riche, puissant, occitan cabal )… …   Noms de famille

  • cabal — adjetivo 1. Que se comporta con integridad y rectitud, según la justicia, la moral o la razón: Tu padre es un hombre cabal, de los pocos que quedan. No podemos fiarnos de las propuestas de esta empresa porque no parece que sea muy cabal. 2. Que… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • cabal — (De cabo, extremo). 1. adj. Ajustado a peso o medida. 2. Dicho de una cosa: Que cabe a cada uno. 3. Excelente en su clase. 4. Completo, exacto, perfecto. 5. m. Hues. Pegujal del segundogénito. 6. ant. caudal (ǁ hacienda). 7 …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • cabal — (n.) 1520s, mystical interpretation of the Old Testament, later society, small group meeting privately (1660s), from Fr. cabal, in both senses, from M.L. cabbala (see CABBALA (Cf. cabbala)). Popularized in English 1673 as an acronym for five… …   Etymology dictionary

  • cabal — [kə bäl′, kəbal′] n. [Fr, intrigue, society (popularized in England from the initials of the ministers of Charles II) < ML cabbala, CABALA] 1. a small group of persons joined in a secret, often political, intrigue; junta 2. the intrigues of… …   English World dictionary

  • Cabal — Ca*bal , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caballed} ( b[a^]ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caballing}]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot. [1913 Webster] Caballing still against it… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cabal — Cabal, bei den Engländern Name eines Ministeriums unter Karl II. von England 1669–79, das auf die Wiederherstellung der unumschränkten Monarchie hinarbeitete u. im Solde König Ludwigs XIV. von Frankreich stand, aus den Anfangsbuchstaben der… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • cabal — I noun band, camarilla, clique, coalition, collusion, combination, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, council, design, factio, faction, gang, intrigue, junta, league, machination, plot, ring, scheme, secret group, secret… …   Law dictionary

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