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Molech

Molech is the alternative form of Moloch.

Meaning of Moloch

Proper noun

Moloch

  1. An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull.
  2. (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
    • [W]e can't without wonder remember that horrid Invention projected in this place, but thanks be to God diſappointed, wherein there was not Reverence to the ſacred Bones of Princes, but all were at one blaſt to be offer'd up to Moloch.1706, [John Rushworth], “The Speaker’s Speech to the King [marginal note]”, in Historical Collections from the Year 1638. to the Year 1641. Abridg’d and Improv’d. … With a Particular and More...

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Questions about Molech

What is Molech the alternative form of?
Molech is the alternative form of Moloch.

Words near Molech in the dictionary

  1. molecast
  2. molecasts
  3. molecatcher
  4. molecatchers
  5. molecatching
  6. Molech
  7. molecula
  8. moleculae
  9. molecular
  10. molecular assembler
  11. molecular assemblers

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