camarillan.
/kaməˈriː(j)ə//kaməˈrɪlə/ 1. A small chamber.
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1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 10 Now and then, one has a new cell or camarilla opened in his brain.
2. A private cabinet of counsellors; a cabal, clique, junto; a body of secret intriguers.
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1839 R. M. Beverley Heresy Human Priesthood 111 Conference is a camarilla of priests, who, with closed doors, make all the laws by which the society is regulated.
1858 Sat. Rev. 5 445/1 It is only a camarilla which demands Lord Palmerston's return to office.
1867 Ward in Ess. Reunion 117 No camarilla of worldly-minded politicians lay or sacerdotal.
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