Main Entry: ¹ca·bal

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈbäl, -ˈbal\

Function: noun

Etymology: French cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, from Medieval Latin cabbala cabala, from Late Hebrew qabbālāh, literally, received (lore)

Date: 1614

1 : the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also : a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues
2 : club, group <a cabal of artists>

synonyms see plot