Synonyms for mammon

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mam-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæm ən

Définition of mammon

Origin : "personification of wealth," mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona, from Greek mamonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain;" left untranslated in Greek New Testament (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.

noun wealth as evil

Example sentences :

These difficulties, with many kindred ones, are the working of the laws of Mammon.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The evils which Mammon has wrought Mammon will never remedy.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Being part of the system of Mammon it could do nothing else than fail.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Mammon is the word which the modern translator gives as gold.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

But Mammon was never the name of an idol or other form of false deity.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Even for Mammon's sake Mr. Raymount was not the man to hide or mask his opinions.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Has he slain what was holiest in him to obtain gifts from Fashion or Mammon?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

To the all absorbing spirit of Mammon be ascribed the evil change.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 » by Various

Mammon used to drink the blood of his victims and when this was not to be had, he drank his own.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

It would look at earth and mammon and that chit of a girl, Miss Popularity.
Extract from : « The Chocolate Soldier » by C. T. Studd

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