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AABA, or CUDAH, properly fignifies a fqllare
building; but is panicularly applied by Ihe
Mahommns to the temple of Mecca, built,
a! they prmnd, by Abr,ham and Ifmacl his
fon.
It
is lowards this lemple they always
turo their faces when Ihey pray, iD whalever pan of
Ihe world Ihty happen 10 be.
This lemple enjoys Ihe privilege of an afylum for
all fans of criminals; but il is mol! remarkable foc
Ihe pilgrimages made ro il by Ihe devout muflitlmans,
who pay fa greal a veneralion ro il, Ihal they believe
a fingle fighl of its faered walls, 'wilholtt any panicu.
lar aél of devolion, is as meritorious, in Ihe fighl of
God. as Ihe mol! careful difcharge of one's dl1ty,
foc
Ihe fpace of a whole year, in any olher temple.
CAIl, an Hebrew dry meafure, being Ihe fixlh par! of
a feAh or (.tem, and Ihe eighleenlh part of an ephah:
Acab contained
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piots of our coro meafure:
A
qu¡ner·cab \Vas Ihe meRrore of dove's dung, or more
properly a fort of chick'pea(c, caJled by Ihis name,
which was fold al Samaria, ducing Ihe fiege of Ihat
cilY, for five Ihek'els.
CABALIST, in french commme,
a
faélor, or perron,
who is concerned in rnanaging Ihe trade of anolher.
CABALLARI.~,
in middle·age wlilers, lanns he Id by
Ihe lenure of fllroiOling a horrcman, wilh (u:lable e·
~I"p ,gc,
in lime or war, or whcn Ihe lurd had occa·
fiun (ur him.
CABALU.ROS, or CAVALLPRO S, are Spanilh \Yools,
or wluel, Ihm is a prcuy confiderablc trada al Bay·
unnt, In
F
ranCt.
CAHALLlNE denole! fumelhing bcluncinr.
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horfes:
Thlls caballine ,Iues is fo 12J1ed, from
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ufed for purging horfes; and commen brimllone is cal.
Jed
fulpho~ ,caballinum,
for a like reafon,
CABBAGE, in botany. See !1RASS ICA,
CASBAGE-Im, a name fometimes given to the palm.
Iree, called by Linnzus, phrenix. See PHOENIX.
CABB.AGJNG, among gardeners, a lerOl ufed for Ihe
kniuing 'of cabbages ioto rc\lnd heads.
CABBALA, according 10 Ihe Hebrew nyle, has a vel
y
dil!inéllignification from Ihal wherein we undcrlland
il in our I.nguage. The Hebrew cabbala fignifies tra·
dilion ; and Ihe rabbins, whoare caJled cabbalills, lluJy
principally Ihe combinalion of particular words, let–
ters, nnd numbers, and by Ihis means prelend 10 dif·
cover what i! 10 come, and 10 fee c1mly into Iherenfe
of many diflicull
pafT~ees
in rcriplure: There are 'no
Cure principies of Ihis knolVledge, but it depends up.
on fome
panicul~r
tradilions of Iheancients; for whicn
reafon il is termed cabbab.
The cabbalills hal'eabundance of names, which they
call facred: There they make ufe of in inl'oking of
fpirils, and imagine Ihat Ihey reccive greal liGhl frolD
them: They tell us, Ihat the fecrels of Ihe
cabb~la
IVere difcol'ered to Mofes on mounl Sinai; and Ihat
Ihefe have beenddivered down 10 Ihemfrom f"lher 10
ron, wilhoul interruplion, and wilhoUI any ufe of lel'
lers; for 10 wrile Ihem down, is what Ihey are by
no means permitted
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Jo. This is likewift lermed
the oral l.w, beeau(e il pafTed froOl 1'lIher to ron,
ia
order to dil!inguilh il froOl Ihe wriuen laws.
There is anolner cabilala, callcd aruficial, which
confiOs in fearchi/lg for abllrule and OIyllelious figni.
fic31ions of
a
wOld in (criplure, fromwhence Ihey
~orrow
ceetain explanalrons, by combining the le!tels
t
A
which