camarilla
Ca`ma`ril´la
Noun 1. camarilla - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
cabal, faction, junto
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
cabalist - a member of a cabal

I'd heard of cabalist as meaning one expert in the Jewish mysticism cabbala, but never as a member of a cabal.

Bingley

I thought it was a follower of an obscure knitting sect ;)

The parasitolgy lab where I worked in Manila in WWII had a civilian girl who was teased with nickname "Camote" = sweet potato, because she was pleasingly plump.