Cabala: Definition and part of speech

Cabala

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes.
n. The secret science of the cabalists.

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

n. the type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.
n. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.
n. a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; — similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.