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Marduk

American  
[mahr-dook] / ˈmɑr dʊk /
Also Merodach

noun

Babylonian Religion.
  1. the chief of the Babylonian deities.


Marduk British  
/ ˈmɑːdʊk /

noun

  1. the chief god of the Babylonian pantheon

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For instance, “Marduk,” the last track on the new album, is a recital of 50 names of the highest god of the Mesopotamians.

From New York Times

The congressional decree banning anyone involved with the group known as Marduk was approved Wednesday by an 87 to 13 vote.

From Seattle Times

Marduk was the head of the Babylonian pantheon just a century and a half before Christ, and who remembers him?

From Salon

The Babylonian Marduk and the Greek Zeus was each considered master of the sky and king of the gods.

From Literature

Jupiter was associated with Marduk, the city's patron god.

From Reuters