Cabal (disambiguation)
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A cabal
is a group of people united in some design, often secretively
Cabal, Kabal, or the Cabal may also refer to:
In fiction:
In computing and games:
Cabal
A cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views and/or interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue...
is a group of people united in some design, often secretively
Cabal, Kabal, or the Cabal may also refer to:
- The Cabal MinistryCabal MinistryThe Cabal Ministry refers to a group of high councillers of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to circa 1674.The term "Cabal" has a double meaning in this context. It refers to the fact that, for perhaps the first time in English history, effective power in a royal council...
, a government under King Charles II of England - Cabal (set theory)Cabal (set theory)The Cabal was, or perhaps is, a grouping of set theorists in Southern California, particularly at UCLA and Caltech, but also at UC Irvine. Organization and procedures range from informal to nonexistent, so it is difficult to say whether it still exists or exactly who has been a member, but it has...
, an American group of mathematicians concentrated in southern California - Conway CabalConway CabalThe Conway Cabal refers to a series of events in late 1777 and early 1778 suggesting that George Washington be replaced as commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. It was named after Brigadier General Thomas Conway, whose letters criticizing Washington were forwarded...
, an effort to remove George Washington as commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
In fiction:
- Cabal (novella), a 1988 horror novella by Clive Barker
- Cabal (Michael Dibdin novel)Cabal (Michael Dibdin novel)Cabal is a novel by Michael Dibdin, and the third entry in the Aurelio Zen series.When, one dark night in November, Prince Ludovico Ruspanti fell a hundred and fifty feet to his death in the chapel at St. Peter's, Rome, there were a number of questions to be answered. The answer the Vatican...
, a 1992 novel by Michael Dibdin - The Cabal, a fictional secret society in the Robert Heinlein science fiction novella "If This Goes On—"
- Cabal, a group of rogue SulibanSulibanThe Suliban are a starfaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe, seen throughout the series Star Trek: Enterprise. A Suliban sect known as the Cabal served as the show's primary antagonists in the first and second seasons....
in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise - The Cabal, an organisation in the TV-series of Sanctuary
- The Cabal, an organization in the storyline of Magic: The GatheringMagic: The Gathering storylinesAlthough Magic: The Gathering is essentially a strategy game that uses decks of cards, an intricate storyline underlies the cards released in each expansion. This storyline is shown in the game in the card art and through quotations and descriptions on the bottom of most cards...
- The Cabal (comics)Cabal (comics)The Cabal is a comic book secret society of supervillains and antiheroes in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. The group was formed in the Dark Reign storyline very shortly after the Secret Invasion event.- History :...
, a villainous counterpart for the Illuminati in the Marvel Comics universe - Cabal, the name of a dog belonging to King ArthurKing ArthurKing Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
In computing and games:
- Cabal (software)Cabal (software)The Haskell Cabal is the Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries; it aids in the packaging and distribution of software packages...
, a packaging system used for Haskell programming language libraries - Cabal (arcade game)Cabal (arcade game)is a arcade video game originally developed by TAD Corporation and published in Japan by Taito Corporation and in North America and Europe by Fabtek. In this game, the player controls a commando, viewed from behind, trying to destroy various enemy military bases...
, a 1988 arcade game by TAD Corporation - Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform (CABAL), a highly advanced artificial intelligence in the Command and Conquer game Tiberian Sun, and its expansion pack Firestorm
- Kabal (Mortal Kombat), a character from the Mortal Kombat series
- A secret devil-worship cult and the primary antagonists in Blood (computer game)
- The Cabal, an interactive fictionInteractive fictionInteractive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
text adventure by Stephen Bond - Cabal OnlineCabal OnlineCabal Online is a free-to-play, 3D massively-multiplayer online role-playing game , developed by South Korean company ESTsoft. Different versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions...
(카발), an MMORPG developed by the South Korean company ESTsoft - Backbone cabalBackbone cabalThe backbone cabal was an informal organization of large-site administrators of the worldwide distributed Internet discussion system Usenet. It existed from about 1983 at least into the 2000s....
, a group of administrators on Usenet in the late 80s to early 90s - GURPS Cabal
- The Cabal, a vampiric resistance group led by Vorador in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of KainBlood Omen 2: Legacy of KainBlood Omen 2 is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the fourth game in the Legacy of Kain series...
- The Cabal, a secret organization in Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness