| cabalist | (n) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters, Syn. kabbalist |
| cabalist | (n) a student of the Jewish Kabbalah, Syn. Kabbalist |
| cabalistic | (adj) having a secret or hidden meaning; ; ; - John Gunther, Syn. qabalistic, sibylline, cryptic, kabbalistic, cryptical, Example: cabalistic symbols engraved in stone; cryptic writings; thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements |