cabbalistic, a.
(kæbəˈlɪstɪk)
Also cabal-.
[f. prec. + -ic, or direct ad. F. cabalistique, or med.L. cabbalistic-us.]
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or like the Cabbala or cabbalists; having a private or mystic sense; mysterious.
| 1624 Middleton Game Chess iv. ii, Out of that cabalistic bloody riddle. 1665 J. Spencer Prophecies 97 The Cabbalistick sense of Scripture. 1684 N. S. Crit. Enq. Edit. Bible xii. 95 The Cabbalistick, and Allegorical Doctors. 1724 A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 258 The Revelation..being written..in the Cabalistick style. 1865 Tylor Early Hist. Man. vi. 129 Certain figures and cabalistic signs upon the skull. |