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
- 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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