Cabál. n.s. [cabale, Fr. קבלה, tradition.]
- The secret science of the Hebrew rabbins.
- A body of men united in some close design. A cabal differs from a party, as few from many.
She often interposed her royal authority, to break the cabals which were forming against her first ministers. Addison.
- Intrigue.
When each, by curs'd cabals of women, strove,
To draw th' indulgent king to partial love. Dryden's Aureng.
