| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Mammon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mam·mon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m m  n |
| NOUN: | 1. Bible Riches, avarice, and worldly gain personified as a false god in the New Testament. 2. often mammon Material wealth regarded as having an evil influence. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Late Latin mammon, from Greek mam n s, from Aramaic mmon, riches, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew mmôn. See  mn in Appendix II.
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