WORD FOR THE DAY(1/15/18)Cabal

1/15/18

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WORD FOR THE DAY(1/8/18)Cabal



cabal

noun ca·bal \ kə-ˈbäl , -ˈbal \

Definition of cabal

1 : the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also : a group engaged in such schemes
2 : club, group
• a cabal of artists

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First Known Use: 1614

Examples of cabal in a Sentence

1. a cabal plotting to overthrow the government
2. a conspiracy theory about the existence of an international cabal devoted to world domination

Recent Examples of cabal from the Web

• BBC America After five seasons of clone cabals, the BBC America/Space series Orphan Black has come to a mostly happy end.
• — joelle renstrom, Slate Magazine, "Orphan Black Was Never About Cloning," 13 Aug. 2017
• The cabal is run by Cuba on the ground but backed financially and strategically by Iran, Russia and Syria.
• — mary anastasia o’grady, WSJ, "Imperialists Invade Venezuela," 13 Aug. 2017
• In isolating connections between the JFK assassination and current government affairs, some critics identified a secret cabal which functioned to maintain the military-interventionist state.
• — art simon, Slate Magazine, "In The Parallax View, Conspiracy Goes All the Way to the Top—and Beyond," 21 July 2017
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Did You Know?

In A Child's History of England, Charles Dickens associates the word cabal 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) spell cabal, and Dickens dubbed them the "Cabal Ministry." These five men were widely regarded as invidious, secretive plotters and their activities may have encouraged English speakers to associate cabal with high-level government intrigue. But their names are not the source of the word cabal, which was in use decades before Charles II ascended the throne. The term can be traced back through French to cabbala, the Medieval Latin name for the Kabbalah, a traditional system of esoteric Jewish mysticism.

Origin and Etymology of cabal

French cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, from Medieval Latin cabbala cabala, from Late Hebrew qabbālāh, literally, received (lore)

cabal Synonyms

Synonyms

1ring, conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, mob, syndicate

Related Words bunch, circle, clan, clique, coterie, coven, crowd, galère, lot, network, pack, set; junta, oligarchy

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Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

MY ENTRY:

The Democrat Party has become a Cabal of Conspirators for One World Order, presided over by George Soros, the "Doctor Evil" of our time.

Hey…Check this out!

FR Article from Last Monday

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Sorry I am so late today. It seemed as though there was a cabal of interrupters in my life this morning, conspiring to distract me from my duties.

[Red Badger]

So, you were distracted by the cabal channels?..................

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LOL...the Cable Channels ARE a Cabal!

[familyop]

Cabal is a word with a trashy, ancient Roman propaganda origin.

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Interesting. The dictionary did not include that.

[IndispensableDestiny]

TINC - There is no cabal. Does anybody recall that and from where?

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I had to look up “TINC”. Not much info.

[familyop]

Yes. Some ancient Romans took the word from Kabbalah and reapplied it in propaganda. The real and first “analytical” Kabbalah is a good religious text that describes a few things about Creation, how to focus on study, how to teach and a few other things. Other, more recent, “practical” versions are completely different, superstitious and are used in antithetical and idolatrous ways (e.g., a version popular in celebrity circles).

Anyway, some ancient Romans started describing the religious study as some sort of evil plot as yet another way to libel Jewish people. Medieval Europe continued the Roman tradition with that kind of description regarding meetings between Jewish people. The word, cabal, is one of the preferred words of writers like Pat Buchanan.

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Well then, it is good to know word origins! That is the purpose of this thread in fact, and you have given us all something to think about.

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Most of us know Hillary had her long-planned election night fireworks well-planned.

Fewer knew Hillary already had her inauguration night dance schedule already planned as well. Yeppers, she had her cabal cowballs dance card all filled out.

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And my personal prayer has always been:

“Let all that has been concealed
Be Revealed.”

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I do not want any part of that woman’s body ever exposed in publick. (Er, pubic. Public. Public! )

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YIKES!

Me Neither.

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The Siberian express is on the way for the 3d time since early December, with snow/sleet tonight and tomorrow, barely above freezing in the daytime, 20’s at night-then we thaw out on Thursday. We always have a really cold winter every 5-6 years or so, but I’m sure some idiot will say it is all man made climate change, right?

As all the real Russia scandals
Are dragged into the light of day
Those who still worship Hillary
Are still certain there’s no way

As they all feign phony outrage
They wring their hands and cry-
Pretending their queen’s cabal
Did not include Comey’s FBI

With a threat of Ft Marcy Park
That Clinton koolaid is strong-
It’s no wonder all their zombies
Don’t see something is wrong...

[politicianslie]

The FBI is a cabal. Now Hillary not being prosecuted for MULTIPLE felonies makes sense.

[secret garden]

I guess the deep state members are their own cabal. Schools declared closed for tomorrow, announcement made at lunchtime when it was 40. We’re expecting an inch or two which will paralyze this town. Not kidding.

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“It’s all YOUR fault!”
Says the Climate Cabal!

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Yes. It used to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

Now, it seems, it is the enforcement arm of the Left.

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In Fact “Deep State” has become a new vocabulary word.