Molochism

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noun

worship of the god Moloch

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Meanings

nounMolochism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableworship of the god Moloch

    On whatever slender evidence human sacrifices and Molochism can be laid to their credit, let us remember that it was with very transcendent ideas of spiritual life in their blood that the Celts faced the Christian dawn.

    1913, The British Review, volume 3, page 21

Origin

From Moloch + -ism.

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Molochism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molochism

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