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Moloch Common

Moloch has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice

"the great Moloch of war"

"duty has become the Moloch of modern life"

2

god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children

3

any lizard of the genus Moloch

4

Moloch horridus, an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus Moloch.

Proper Noun
1

An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.

See Also
canaanite ammonite sacrifice lizard deity north africa molochism phoenician
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
power agamid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mountain devil
Rhyming Words
och doch noch roch ooch foch hoch loch koch mooch enoch cooch bloch gooch hooch dioch bioch pooch epoch broch
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