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(kbl"), n.[F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabblh reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. qbal to take or receive, in Pil qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.] Hakewill. 2. A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately." B. Jonson. 3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto. It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. Macaulay. 4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue. By cursed cabals of women. Dryden. Syn. -- Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Facti Cabal" v. i.[imp. & p. p.Caballed (-bld"); 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. Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden. スポンサード リンク
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