cabalistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce cabalistic in British English: UK [ˌkæbə'lɪstɪk]
How to pronounce cabalistic in American English: US [ˌkæbə'lɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- having a secret or hidden meaning
Word Origin
- cabalistic (adj.)
- 1670s; see cabal + -istic.
Example
- 1. It was further decorated with strange and seemingly cabalistic figures and diagrams , suitable to the quaint taste of the age , which had been drawn in the stucco when newly laid on , and had now grown hard and durable , for the admiration of after times .
- 2. Dna - the ancient cabalistic tree of life portrayed in the biblical torah , is now coming to be viewed as a live vibrating structure , rather than a fixed tape recording .
- 3. It was further decorated with strange and seemingly cabalistic figures and diagrams , suitable to the quaint taste of the age which had been drawn in the stucco , when newly laid on , and had now grown hard and durable , for the admiration of after times .
- 4. Out came meg , with gray horsehair hanging about her face , a red and black robe , a staff , and cabalistic signs upon hercloak .
- 5. " It was further decorated with strange and seemingly cabalistic figures and diagrams , suitable to the quaint taste of the age , which had been drawn in the stucco when newly laid on , and had now grown hard and durable , for the admiration of after times . "