Associations to the word «Mammon»

Wiktionary

MAMMON, noun. The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit.
MAMMON, noun. Wealth, material avarice, profit.
MAMMON, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).

Dictionary definition

MAMMON, noun. Wealth regarded as an evil influence.
MAMMON, noun. (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats