(n) :
the suprememaledeity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish pantheons; a Mediterraneanfertility deity whose worship was characterised by the sexual acts of his followers during periodic rituals, along with occasional human sacrifice and frequent templeprostitution, worshipped as far back as 1400 BCE; (Biblical, plural) the whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied
(n) :
the suprememaledeity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish pantheons; a Mediterraneanfertility deity whose worship was characterised by the sexual acts of his followers during periodic rituals, along with occasional human sacrifice and frequent templeprostitution, worshipped as far back as 1400 BCE; (Biblical, plural) the whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied