/kam'euh ril"euh/ ; Sp. /kah'mah rddee"lyah, -yah/ , n. , pl. camarillas /-ril"euhz/ ; Sp. /-rddee"lyahs, -yahs/ .
a group of unofficial or private advisers to a person of authority, esp. a group much given to intrigues and secret plots; cabal; clique.
[ 1830-40; camar ( a ) room ( camera; see CHAMBER) + -illa dim. suffix ]