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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ca·ba·la /kəˈbɑlə, ˈkæbələ/
 猶太神祕哲學,祕法

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cab·a·la n.
 1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediæval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence.  It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings.  The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
 2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cabala
      n 1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is
           traditionally secret [syn: cabbala, cabbalah, kabala,
            kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah]
      2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the
         Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th
         centuries [syn: Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah,
          Cabbala, Qabbalah, Qabbala]