cab5 (kab)

See capel2. caba (kab'a), n. Same as cabas, 2 and 3. After numerous abortive attempts and unsucce ful combinations in which Newcastle bore the chief part, it became evident that the union. of Newcastle and Pitt was absolutely nece ary. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., viii. If I could not go to heaven but with a party , I would not go there at all. Therefore I protest to you I am not of the party of federalists. Jefferson, Correspondence, II. 439. By a faction , I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of pa ion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. Madison, Federalist, No. 10. In a simple monarchy, the ministers of state can never know their friends from their enemies; secret cabals undermine their influence and blast their reputation. J. Adams, Works, IV. 289.