[ˈmamən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- wealth regarded as an evil influence or false object of worship and devotion
(e.g: others have forsaken Mammon in search of something on a more spiritual plane)


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Origin:
Old English Mammonis: via late Latin from New Testament Greek mamōnas (see Matt. 6:24, Luke 16:9–13), from Aramaic māmōn ‘riches’. The word was taken by medieval writers as the name of the devil of covetousness, and subsequently used in this sense by Milton