cabalist
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- noun
- /ˈkæbəlɪst/
- Specialized
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experto esotérico
- (I was going to do "Mefi Union of Cabalists and GRAR," but I figured it was much too inside a joke for anyone else to understand).
Examples
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The cabalist revealed ancient secrets about the nature of the universe during the lecture.
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Now the cabalists called this fixing, this mending-- they called it...
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Astronomers don't normally think of themselves as powerful cabalists who shape the course of world events.
Academic text (1995) -
And yet, as with some magic formula concocted by a medieval cabalist, these ashes can come alive again for those who have learned the hidden language.
Academic text (2000) -
Conservatives are, for the most part, praetorian memes carefully crafted by cabalist reconstructionists. We are going to have to confront the facade of Empire first and take it down.
Blog text (11) -
Daddy says, "Look at the little shikker drunk; look at the scholarly little pisher; he's a scholar and a gentleman and a cabalist right off the bat: he has a real Yiddisher Kopf; look at him."
Fiction book (1991) -
She consulted a cabalist to learn more about the mystical properties of crystals.
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In his writings, the cabalist explored hidden truths that challenged conventional beliefs.
Synonyms
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A person who studies or practices hidden spiritual powers like talking to spirits
A person with secret skills for making special objects
A person who studies Jewish hidden spiritual teachings and explains their meaning
A person who introduces newcomers to secret spiritual or religious beliefs
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cabalist can mean an expert in obscure or secret matters and is linked to the same Hebrew root qabbalah meaning 'received' or secret teaching, so a cabalist is someone with deep, often hidden, specialized knowledge, like the idea behind the word cabal for a secret group.