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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or See also:Kabbalah, the theosophical See also:interpretation of the See also:Hebrew scriptures)  , a private organization or party engaged in See also:secret intrigues, and applied also to the intrigues themselves . The word came into See also:common usage in See also:English during the reign of See also:Charles II. to describe the See also:committee of the privy See also:council known as the " Committee for See also:Foreign Affairs," which See also:developed into the See also:cabinet . The invidious meaning attached to the See also:term was stereotyped by the coincidence that the initial letters of the names of the five ministers, See also:Clifford, See also:Arlington, See also:Buckingham, See also:Ashley and See also:Lauderdale, who signed the treaty of See also:alliance with See also:France in 1673, spelled See also:cabal .

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