cabbaˈlistically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a cabbalistic manner; according to the Cabbala.
| 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 123 (T.) Rabbi Elias, from the first verse of the first chapter of Genesis, where the letter aleph is six times found, cabalistically concludes that the world shall endure just six thousand years. 1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. iv. 23 Who but a Madman would think the Number Five Cabalistically sanctified, because a Man has Five Fingers, Five Toes, etc. 1856 R. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. 107 How to pronounce cabbalistically the potent name. |