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cabal
cabal. Word meaning secret clique or conspiracy, given to Charles II's administration of 1671–3 which covered the time of the third Anglo-Dutch war, the alliance with Louis XIV, and the suspension of the religious penal laws. The cabal was not a cabinet or unified ministry. The ministers, whose initials formed the word cabal, each had different principles and objectives. Lord Clifford, who climbed from being a poor Devonshire squire to become lord treasurer, became a catholic and advocated war to seize Dutch commercial wealth and to make the crown more absolute. Arlington, a courtier and careerist, always tried to implement what he interpreted as Charles's wishes. Buckingham wanted to become chief minister: he affected popularity and favoured religious toleration. Lord Ashley, advanced to be earl of Shaftesbury, also advocated toleration. The cynical Lauderdale governed Scotland for Charles. The cabal disintegrated under parliamentary pressure in 1673: Clifford died, Buckingham and Shaftesbury went into opposition.
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JOHN CANNON. "cabal." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "cabal." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-cabal.html JOHN CANNON. "cabal." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-cabal.html |
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cabal
cabal Word meaning secret clique or conspiracy, given to Charles II's administration of 1671–3. The ministers, whose initials formed the word cabal, each had different objectives. Lord Clifford, who climbed from being a Devon squire to become lord treasurer, became a catholic and advocated war to seize Dutch commercial wealth. Arlington, a courtier and careerist, tried to implement what he interpreted as Charles's wishes. Buckingham wanted to become chief minister: he affected popularity and favoured religious toleration. Lord Ashley, advanced to be earl of Shaftesbury, also advocated toleration. The cynical Lauderdale governed Scotland. The cabal disintegrated 1673: Clifford died, Buckingham and Shaftesbury went into opposition.
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JOHN CANNON. "cabal." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "cabal." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-cabal.html JOHN CANNON. "cabal." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-cabal.html |
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cabal
cabal A group or association of political intriguers. In England in the 17th century it was a precursor of the English CABINET, but in modern times the term is applied to any political group which pursues its aims by underhand methods. The word was used somewhat misleadingly of CHARLES II's ministers, who did not form a united group, but the initials of whose names, Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale, happened to spell cabal.
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"cabal." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cabal." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-cabal.html "cabal." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-cabal.html |
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Cabal
Cabal , inner group of advisers to Charles II of England. Their initials form the word (which is, however, of older origin)— Clifford of Chudleigh , Ashley (Lord Shaftesbury ), Buckingham (George Villiers), Arlington (Henry Bennet), and Lauderdale (John Maitland). Although they were never a working ministry, one or more of this group dominated court policy from 1667 through 1673.
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"Cabal." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cabal." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cabal.html "Cabal." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cabal.html |
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Cabal
Cabal in the mid 17th century, the name given to a committee of five ministers under Charles II, whose surnames happened to begin with C, A, B, A, and L (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale). The modern sense of a secret political clique derives from this.
The word cabal (denoting the Kabbalah) is recorded from the late 16th century, and comes ultimately via French from medieval Latin cabala. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Cabal." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Cabal." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Cabal.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Cabal." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Cabal.html |
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Cabal
Cabal Advisers to Charles II of England, 1667–74. The five members of this group, which is sometimes considered the first cabinet, were Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley (later Earl of Shaftesbury) and Lauderdale; the first letters of their names spell ‘cabal’. When it became known that two of them plotted with the king to tolerate Catholicism, the Cabal split up.
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"Cabal." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cabal." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Cabal.html "Cabal." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Cabal.html |
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Cabal
Cabala small group engaged in a secret intrigue; a political clique. See also camarilla, conspiracy, faction, party. Examples: cabal of artists, 1859; of cardinals, 1715; of intriguers; of politicians. [Its origin was popularly related as an acronym referring to 1670, when the English Government ministers included C lifford, A shley, B uckingham, A rlington, and L auderdale.] |
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"Cabal." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cabal." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300201.html "Cabal." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300201.html |
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cabal †cabbala; private intrigue; clique. XVII. — F. cabale — medL. cab(b)ala; see CABBALA.
Hence cabal vb. conduct an intrigue XVII; cf. F. cabaler. |
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T. F. HOAD. "cabal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cabal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cabal.html T. F. HOAD. "cabal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cabal.html |
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cabal
ca·bal / kəˈbäl; -ˈbal/ • n. a secret political clique or faction. |
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"cabal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cabal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cabal.html "cabal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cabal.html |
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Cabal
Cabal, Cafall, Caval, Cavall, Kawal. The hound of King Arthur.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Cabal." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Cabal." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Cabal.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Cabal." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Cabal.html |
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cabal
•Al, bacchanal, cabal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, grand mal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, petit mal, sal, shall, Val
•Iqbal • Parsifal • mescal • decal
•caracal • Amytal • Nembutal
•Pentothal
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"cabal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cabal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cabal.html "cabal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cabal.html |
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