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CABALIST

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Overview

CABALIST (noun)
  The noun CABALIST has 3 senses:

1. a member of a cabalplay

2. an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric mattersplay

3. a student of the Jewish Kabbalahplay

  Familiarity information: CABALIST used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


CABALIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a cabal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cabalist" is a kind of...):

fellow member; member (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization))

Holonyms ("cabalist" is a member of...):

cabal; camarilla; faction; junto (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cabalist; kabbalist

Hypernyms ("cabalist" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A student of the Jewish Kabbalah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cabalist; Kabbalist

Hypernyms ("Cabalist" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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