Baaln.
/ˈbeɪ(ə)l/, /bɑːl/, U.S. /ˈbeɪ(ə)l/, /bɑl/ The chief male deity of the Phœnician and Canaanitish nations; hence, transferred false god.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Syrian
Baal1382
Thammuz1535
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges ii. 13 The sones of Yrael..serueden to Baalym and Astaroth.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges ii. 13 Serued Baal and Astaroth.
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxii, in Poems 10 Peor, and Baalim, Forsake their Temples dim.
1835 J. Anderson Disc. Elijah App. 352 The title of Baal or Lord thus bestowed upon the objects of idolatry.
Compounds
General attributive as in Baal-priest, Baal-worship.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun]
heathenessec900
heathenshipa1000
heathendomc1000
idolatrya1325
mammetryc1330
spiritual fornicationa1340
whoredomc1350
prepucya1382
miscreancea1393
imagery1395
gentility?a1425
paganismc1425
paganityc1450
prepucec1475
Mahometry1481
superstitiousness1526
uncircumcision1526
whoring1530
idolry1535
paynimhood1543
image-worshipping1544
paganrya1550
idololatry1550
gentilism1561
old religion1567
heathenishness1571
image worship1572
heathenry1577
irreligiousness?1577
idolatrousness1583
uncircumcisedness1583
irreligion1598
ethnicism1600
infidelity1603
superstition1603
heathenism1605
idolism1608
miscreancy1611
misreligion1623
Baalisma1625
iconolatry1624
idolomania1624
idolomany1624
idolizing1637
idol-worship1667
ethnicity1772
symbololatry1828
Baal-worship1834
irreligionism1843
gentiledom1844
triology1894
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > heathen (general)
priestc1275
flamenc1400
fire-kindler1563
clergyman1609
fetisheer1613
divinea1616
churchman1632
shaman1698
Baal-priest1834
santero1950
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 451/2 There are ‘true Priests, as well as Baal-Priests'.
1863 Notes & Queries 26 Sept. 251 Baal-worship prevailed in the pre-Christian era.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1382- to speak for
- to speak for itself
- to speak forth
- to speak good of
- to speak good to
- to speak holiday
- to speak in a man's cast
- to speak in a person's ear
- to speak in capitals
- to speak in lutestring
- to speak in monosyllables
- to speak in one's nose
- to speak in riddles
- to speak in the nose
- to speak like a book
- to speak like a mouse in a cheese
- to speak like a print book
- to speak mouth to mouth
- to speak mouth with mouth
- to speak not a word of
- to speak of
- to speak on
- to speak one's conscience
- to speak one's mind
- to speak one's piece