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Definition of Mamon

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.
- Wikipedia

Mam"mon (?), n. [L. mammona, Gr. &?; riches, Syr. mam&?;nā; cf. Heb. matm&?;n a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. tāman to hide.] Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.

Ye can not serve God and Mammon.
Matt. vi. 24.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple
is in the holy city of New York.

He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.

Jared Oopf

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

  • wealth regarded as an evil influence
  • (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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