Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Bible Riches, avarice, and worldly gain personified as a false god in the New Testament.
- noun Material wealth regarded as having an evil influence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Syriac word used once in the New Testament as a personification of riches and worldliness, or the god of this world; hence, the spirit or deity of avarice; cupidity personified.
- noun [lowercase] Material wealth; worldly possessions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The desire for
wealth personified as anevil spirit . - noun
Wealth , material avarice,profit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit
- noun wealth regarded as an evil influence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They all decried what I term Mammon's unholy trinity of church, state and corporation.
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The Tea Party mob is much more interested in Mammon than God, and one can't serve both.
DeMint says Tea Party activists leading spiritual revival 2010
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For, in short, Mammon _is_ not a god at all; but a devil, and even a very despicable devil.
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Mammon is a Syriac word, that signifies gain; so that whatever in this world is, or is accounted by us to be, gain (Phil.iii. 7), is mammon.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Most I've known have been lost to Mammon, which is to be expected.
The Latest Teacup Tempest Hal Duncan 2007
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Ages; thus Peter Lombard (II, dist. 6) says, "Riches are called by the name of a devil, namely Mammon, for Mammon is the name of a devil, by which name riches are called according to the Syrian tongue."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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It may have once been called Mammon, but most today know it as The Market, and his followers (this God is most certainly male) are called CEOs and hedge-fund managers and oligarchs and traders.
open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Jon M 2008
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It may have once been called Mammon, but most today know it as The Market, and his followers (this God is most certainly male) are called CEOs and hedge-fund managers and oligarchs and traders.
open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Jonas VanGee 2008
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Vernoniad_, there was added a lengthy mock-title in Greek, the whole being presented as a lost fragment by Homer, describing, in epic style, the mission of one "Mammon" sent by Satan to baffle the fleets of a nation engaged in war with _Iberia_.
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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"Mammon" (Walpole was reputed to have amassed much wealth) hides his palace walls by heaps of
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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