CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from th...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 913
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or See also:Kabbalah, the theosophical See also:- INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)
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
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
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
.
End of Article: CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or Kabbalah, the theosophical interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures)
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