Cabbala

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Cabbala

▶noun variant spelling of Kabbalah.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Kabbalah /kəˈbɑːlə, ˈkabələ/ (also Kabbala, Cabbala, Cabala, or Qabalah)

▶noun the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible.

– derivatives
Kabbalism noun,
Kabbalist noun,
Kabbalistic adjective.

– origin from med. L. cabala, cabbala, from Rabbinical Heb. qabbālāh ‘tradition’, from qibbēl ‘receive, accept’.