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Baalist|ˈbeɪəlɪst|
[f. Baal + -ist.]
A worshipper of Baal; transf. a worshipper of false gods or idols, an idolater. (Opprobriously, = Romanist.)
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 134 Baalists..calling for fire to bee sent. a1618Sylvester Tobacco Batt. 190 (D.) Tobacco's smoakie-mists..from the Iberian Baalists. 1642N. Warton in Archæol. XXXV. 332 (D.) Our soildiers could not forbeare dauncing in the holie quire, whereat the Baalists were sore displeased. |