Baalism
the worship of baal.
idolatry.
historical examples
by the sword he not only mounted the throne, but rooted out the baalism against which elijah and elisha had both contended.
biblical geography and history charles foster kent
baalism, the name given to the worship of natural causes, tending to the obscuration and denial of the worship of g-d as spirit.
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