Moloch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a deity whose worship was marked by the propitiatory sacrifice of children by their own parents. 2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35.
  2. anything conceived of as requiring appalling sacrifice: the Moloch of war.
  3. a spiny agamid lizard, Moloch horridus, of Australian deserts, that resembles the horned lizard.
noun
  1. a spiny Australian desert-living lizard, Moloch horridus, that feeds on ants: family Agamidae (agamas)
noun
  1. a Semitic deity to whom parents sacrificed their children
Moloch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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