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Cabal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A number of persons untied in some close design; usually to promote their private views in church or state by intrigue. A junto. It is sometimes synonymous with faction, but a cabal usually consists of fewer men than a party, and the word generally implies close union and secret intrigues. This name was given to the ministry of Charles II., Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale, the initials of whose names compose the word.

2. Intrigue; secret artifices of a few men united in a close design.

Cabal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala

2. A secret.

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.

4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.

Cabal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.

Cabala [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

CABALA , [See the preceding word. It is from the sense of reception.] Tradition, or a mysterious kind of science among Jewish Rabbins, pretended to have been delivered to the ancient Jews by revelation, and transmitted by oral tradition; serving for the interpretation of difficult passages of scripture. This science consists chiefly in understanding the combination of certain letters, words and numbers, which are alleged to be significant. Every letter, word, number and accent of the law is supposed to contain a mystery, and the cabalists pretend even to foretell future events by the study of this science.

Cabala [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To unite in a small party to promote private views by intrigue; to intrigue; to unite in secret artifices to effect some design.

Cabala [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.

Cabalism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The secret science of the cabalists.

Cabalism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The secret science of the cabalists.

2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes.

Cabalist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A Jewish doctor who professes the study of the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions.

2. In French commerce, a factor or agent.

Cabalist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions.

Cabalistic [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

CABALISTIC

Cabalistic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the cabala, or mysterious science of Jewish traditions; containing an occult meaning.

Cabalistic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Cabalistical

Cabalistical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.

Cabalistically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the manner of the cabalists.

Cabalistically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a cabalistic manner.

Cabalize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To use the manner or language of the cabalists.

Cabalize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To use cabalistic language.

Caballed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Caballer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who unites with others in close designs to effect an object by intrigue; one who cabals.

Caballer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who cabals.

Caballine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to a horse; as caballine aloes, so called from its being given to horses as a purge.

Caballine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to a horse.

Caballine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Caballine aloes.

Caballing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Uniting in a cabal; intriguing in a small party.

Caballing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Plan Roget’s Thesaurus §626

N. plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep-laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation) 554, forecast, program(me), prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist|, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant

V. plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue

Adj. planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor

Party Roget’s Thesaurus §712

N. party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, &c. 166, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino|, machine, tammany, tammany hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, verein, bund, zollverein, combination, turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue|, freemasonry, party spirit, confederates, conservatives, democrats, federalists, federals, freemason, knight templar, kuklux, kuklux klan, kkk, liberals, luddites, republicans, socialists, tories, whigs &c. staff, dramatis personae

V. unite, join, club together, cement a party, form a party, associate, enleague, federalize, go cahoots

Adj. in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked - together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint

Adv. hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat