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   qabala
         n 1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that
               is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala},
               {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala},
               {qabalah}]

English Dictionary: quibble by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qabalah
n
  1. an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
    Synonym(s): cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Qabbala
n
  1. an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
    Synonym(s): Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Qabbalah
n
  1. an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
    Synonym(s): Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qibla
n
  1. the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
  2. a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quibble
n
  1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
    Synonym(s): quibble, quiddity, cavil
v
  1. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
  2. argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
    Synonym(s): quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quibble \Quib"ble\, n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced
      by quillet, or quiddity.]
      1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or
            evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
  
                     Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. --
                                                                              I. Watts.
  
      2. A pun; a low conceit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quibbled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Quibbling}.]
      1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon
            words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or
            impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or
            discourse; to equivocate.
  
      2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
  
      Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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