noun

• (mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
• (mythology, biblical, sometimes lowercase) Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
• (Christianity) One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.
• a false deity or idol
• (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.