Molech n 1: god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children [syn: {Moloch}, {Molech}]
Molech \Mo"lech\, prop. n. [Heb. molek king.] (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch. --Lev. xviii. 21. [1913 Webster]