cabalistic

adjective

cab·​a·​lis·​tic

¦kabə¦listik,

-ēk

1

sometimes capitalized : belonging, according, or relating to the Jewish cabala

a cabalistic explanation of an Old Testament text

cabalistic asceticism

2

: having an occult, mystical, or esoteric meaning : magic, mysterious

a few cabalistic words from our guide

—Herman Melville

the potency of certain cabalistic signs over the lintel

by describing with the hands certain cabalistic patterns on the air and uttering at the same time the proper Sanskrit formulas it was believed that goblins and demons … could be exorcised

—J. B. Noss

cabalistically

-tə̇k(ə)lē

-ēk-

-li

adverb

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