Molech

[ moh-lek ]

/ ˈmoʊ lɛk /

noun

Moloch(defs 1, 2).

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Examples from the Web for molech

If parents threw their children into the furnace to Molech, why should they not devote their daughters to Ishtar?
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
It was here, too, that the human sacrifices to the god Molech took place, where the victims were made "to pass through the fire."
The Bible Story|Rev. Newton Marshall Hall
The Carthaginians worshipped Amilear, and that name comes from the same source as Molech.
Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon,|Anonymous
Nay, so much zeal might have propitiated the savage heart of a Molech.
The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah|C J Ball

Children may once have “passed through fire to Molech” where now the heaving turf shrouds the skeleton of a decayed church.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood|J. Conway Walter

British Dictionary definitions for molech

Molech

/ (ˈməʊlɛk) /

noun

Old Testament a variant of Moloch

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