Definition of Kabbalistic

1. Adjective. Having a secret or hidden meaning. "Thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"

Exact synonyms: Cabalistic, Cryptic, Cryptical, Qabalistic, Sibylline
Similar to: Esoteric
Derivative terms: Cabala, Kabbala, Qabala

Definition of Kabbalistic

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of cabalistic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kabbalistic

kabana
kabar
kabaragoya
kabaragoyas
kabars
kabaya
kabayas
kabbala
kabbalahs
kabbalas
kabbalism
kabbalisms
kabbalist
kabbalistic (current term)
kabbalistically
kabbalists
kabbelow
kabele
kabeles
kabeljou
kabeljous
kabiki
kabikis
kabillion
kabillions
kabish
kabitka
kabitkas

Literary usage of Kabbalistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1862)
"... the kabbalistic system of interpretation, and have adopted, and carried to excess, the kabbalistic system of emanations. We shall follow in this the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... first found favour among the Essenes and the Zealots, but attained its full development only in the kabbalistic system of the thirteenth century. ..."

3. The Messiah Idea in Jewish History by Julius Hillel Greenstone (1906)
"CHAPTER VI THE EFFECTS OF kabbalistic SPECULATIONS The Protestant Reformation—Luther's Favorable Attitude to the Jews—Hebrew Literature studied by ..."

4. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Boch (1894)
"... his kabbalistic Doctrines—Adventurous Career of Abraham Abulafia—He assumes the Character of Messiah—Opposition of Ben Adret—The Prophet of Avila—Joseph ..."

5. Kabbalah for Beginners: A Beginner's Guide to the Hidden Wisdom by Michael Laitman (2004)
"The notes are composed in adherence to kabbalistic rules. The notes are chosen according to the way man's soul is built. The listener feels them penetrating ..."

6. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1906)
"(2 Plates) 96 R. CAMPBELL THOMPSON, BA— The Folklore of Mossoul. I (continued.) (2 Plates) 97-'O9 EJ PILCHER.—Two kabbalistic Planetary Charms. ..."

7. Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures Originating the by James Ralston Skinner (1875)
"... with their strange kabbalistic Biblical Relations. § 93. It must be borne in mind that the substance of the Old Testament lays in the books of the Law. ..."

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