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‖ camarilla
(kæməˈrɪlə, Sp. kamaˈriʎa)
[Sp., dim. of camara room, chamber.]
1. A small chamber.
1860Emerson Cond. Life Wks. II. 312 Now and then, one has a new cell or camarilla opened in his brain.
2. A private cabinet of counsellors; a cabal, clique, junto; a body of secret intriguers.
1839R. M. Beverley Heresy Hum. Priesth. 111 Conference is a camarilla of priests, who, with closed doors, make all the laws by which the society is regulated. 1858Sat. Rev. V. 445/1 It is only a camarilla which demands Lord Palmerston's return to office. 1867Ward in Ess. Reunion 117 No camarilla of worldly-minded politicians lay or sacerdotal. |