Baal n. : The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

Baal n. : The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.

Example:
Do catholics know that the sign of the cross they use is actually the sign of Baal?

Taxonomy
Ba'al, Ba, god, Baal, Lord, deities, Ba'al Hammon, Ba'al Shem Tov, demon, the cult, worshipped, al Hadad, Melqart, Hebrew, Shechem, worship Yahweh, Phoenician, king.

Defination from the web:
Baal (disambiguation) ... A Baalist or Baalite means a worshipper of Baal. ... That Baal was primarily a sun-god was for a long time almost a dogma among scholars, and is still often repeated. ...