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Molochism

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Etymology

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From Moloch +‎ -ism.

Noun

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Molochism (uncountable)

  1. worship of the god Moloch
    • 1913, The British Review, volume 3, page 21:
      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.
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