cabbalistn.
/kəˈbɑːlɪst/, /ˈkabəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈkæbələst/ 1. One who professes acquaintance with and faith in the Jewish Cabbala.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > [noun] > substance of > one who professes acquaintance with or faith in
cabbalist?1533
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cciii Of the whiche knowlege, the cabalystes doth make fyftie gates.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) v. 212 The doctrine of the Cabalists, who in each of the four banners inscribe a letter of the Tetragrammaton.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 236 The Masorites and Cabbalists.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 468 The cabalists and Talmudists are responsible for him [Adam].
2. One skilled in mystic arts or learning.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > occultist
philosopher?1316
man of craft1389
Chaldean1581
artist1584
cabbalista1592
adeptus1650
adeptist1662
adept1673
occultist1876
a1592 R. Greene Wks. (1831) I. 182 The cabalists that write of magic spells.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub v. 116 As eminent a Cabalist as his Disciples would represent Him.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 125 Cupid is a casuist, A mystic, and a cabalist.
1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 157 Plato felt the temptation to be a cabbalist.
3. See cabalist n.
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