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mammon

[mam-uhn]

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noun

New Testament. riches or material wealth. Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:9,11,13.

(often initial capital letter) a personification of riches as an evil spirit or deity.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin < Greek mam(m)ōnâs < Aramaic māmōnā riches

Related forms

mam·mon·ish, adjective

Synonyms
1. possessions, money, gold.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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mammon (ˈmæmən)

—n
1.	riches or wealth regarded as a source of evil and corruption
2.	avarice or greed

[C14: via Late Latin from New Testament Greek mammōnas, from Aramaic māmōnā wealth]

'mammonish

—*adj*

'mammonism

—n

'mammonist

—n

'mammonite

—n

mammon'istic

—*adj*

Mammon (ˈmæmən)

—n
	New Testament the personification of riches and greed in the form of a false god

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mammon

"personification of wealth," mid-14c., from L.L. mammona, from Gk. mammonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain," left untranslated in Gk. N.T. (e.g. Matt. vi.24, Luke xvi.9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon.

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