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Mammon

//ˈmæmən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.

    "No man can ſerue two maſters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or elſe hee will holde to the one, and deſpiſe the other. Ye cannot ſerue God and Mammon."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (“wealth, material avarice”). alt-of
  3. 3
    Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.

    "The proper sphere of the church, after all, was the kingdom of God, not greedy earthbound kingdoms of mammon, which should be left to temporal authorities to rule and squabble over."

Noun
  1. 1
    wealth regarded as an evil influence wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin mammona (“wealth”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnâs), from Aramaic מָמוֹנָא (māmōnā, “money, wealth”). Compare Hebrew מָמוֹן (mamón, “money”).

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