Moloch
- 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.
- (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈməʊlɒk/
Etymology
From the Proto-Semitic *malk- (“king”). The figurative sense derives from the Old Testament, in which it is alleged that the cult of Moloch involved the sacrifice of human children.
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