QABBALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Qabbala mean? 

• QABBALA (noun)
  The noun QABBALA has 1 sense:

1. an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

  Familiarity information: QABBALA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QABBALA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Cabala; Cabbala; Cabbalah; Kabala; Kabbala; Kabbalah; Qabbala; Qabbalah

Hypernyms ("Qabbala" is a kind of...):

theosophy (a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)