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Cabal has been associated with a group of five ministers in the government of England's King Charles II. The initial letters of the names or titles of those men (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale) spelled cabal, and they have been collectively dubbed as the "Cabal Cabinet" or "Cabal Ministry." But these five names are not the source of the word cabal, which was in use decades before Charles II ascended the throne. The term traces back to cabbala, the Medieval Latin name for the Kabbalah, a traditional system of esoteric Jewish mysticism. Latin borrowed Cabbala from the Hebrew qabbālāh, meaning "received or traditional lore."
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The Solana network has periodic shutdowns, and XRP is controlled by a cabal of insiders.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In 2023, however, a cabal of angry gamers was convinced otherwise.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025
Below him, two fighters are trading flying kicks in the ring as series creator Mike White discusses camera angles with his cabal of producers.
—Charlie Campbell / Phuket, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Cabal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabal. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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