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qabbalah
Hebrew · medieval
"a received tradition, mystical teaching"
literally tradition or received knowledge, referring to Jewish mystical teaching
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cabale
French · 1500s
"a secret scheme or intrigue"
broadened in French to mean any secret intrigue or scheme
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cabal
English · 1600s
"a secret political faction or conspiracy"
settled as the English word for a secret political faction
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