a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice: "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
