Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The worship of Baal; gross idolatry of any kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Worship of Baal; idolatry.
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Originating probably, in the observation of the fertilizing effect of rains and streams upon the receptive and reproductive soil, baalism becomes identical with the grossest nature-worship.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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