MOLECH - Definition

Pronunciation:		'mowlek
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children

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	Synonyms:	Moloch

	See Also:	Semitic deity

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Mo"lech\, n. [Heb. molek king.] (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch. --Lev. xviii. 21.