#kabalistic

Uriel on prints

A Kabalistic word formerly used by rabbis for exorcisms of the evil spirit.  It is made up of the initial letters of the Hebrew words, Athah gabor leolam, Adonai, meaning, "Thou art powerful and eternal, Lord."Not only among the Jews was this word employed, but among the more superstitous Christians it was a favorite weapon with which to combat the evil one, even so late as the sixteenth century.  It is also to be found in many books on magic, notably in the Enchiridion ascribed to Pope Leo III.