Baalish

Baalish adjective: pertaining to Baal, Baalism, or the people who worshiped Baal.

Adjective

Baalish (comparative more Baalish, superlative most Baalish)

Pertaining to Baal, Baalism, or the people who worshiped Baal.
- So in the height of the degeneracy and apostasy of the Israelitish church, there were seven thousand who kept themselves pure from Baalish idolatry, of whom none were known to Elijah.1662, John Owen, A Discourse concerning Liturgies, and their Imposition
- Oft would he cry, when treasure he surpris'd, 'Tis Baalish gold in David's coin disguis'd.1682, Nahum Tate, Absalom and Achitophel, Part II

The priests, who are possessed of awful lungs, made the chapel resound with their Baalish howlings, as they recited the litany for the dead.1898, Jacob Primmer, Jacob Primmer in Rome, page 397:
Yet , during their Babylonian captivity , it is quite possible that Baalish symbolic thinking gave the defeated Jews the needed hope to survive as a people .1983, Ward McAfee, A History of the World's Great Religions, page 12:
There is also the theory that Jezreel was a Baalish name and thus a proclamation of Israel's apostasy.2018, David Stacey, Prophetic Drama in the Old Testament, page 104:

comparative	more Baalish
superlative	most Baalish

From Baal + -ish.

What does Baalish mean?: Baalish means pertaining to Baal, Baalism, or the people who worshiped Baal.
How do you use Baalish in a sentence?: The priests, who are possessed of awful lungs, made the chapel resound with their Baalish howlings, as they recited the litany for the dead.
What part of speech is Baalish?: Baalish is an adjective.

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