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Definition of 'mammon'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mammon
riches or material wealth, esp. as an influence for evil or immorality. Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:9,11,13.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < LL < Gk < Aramaic māmōnā riches)

Definition of 'mammon'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mammon
wealth regarded as an evil influence

2. (noun) Mammon
(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit
"ye cannot serve God and Mammon"

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) mammon
riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. mammon
the Syrian god of riches, which has given name to the modern passion for material wealth, specially conceived of as an abnegation of Christianity, the profession of which is in flat antagonism to it.

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The Roycroft Dictionary

mammon
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