| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Moloch |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mo·loch |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m  l k , ml k |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Mo·lech ( ml k, mlk) |
| NOUN: | 1. In the Bible, the god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom children were sacrificed. 2. Something possessing the power to exact severe sacrifice. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin Moloch, from Greek Molokh, from Hebrew Mlek, of Canaanite origin. See mlk in Appendix II.
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