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mammon

noun as in wealth as evil

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When it comes to Hollywood and films about faith, God and mammon are both finding devotees.

He drew up his spare person, with a terrier-like shake of the head and shoulders, as of one repudiating Mammon and all its works.

A man with his capital embarked, who may be a beggar on the ensuing day, cannot lie down upon roses: he is the slave of Mammon.

Peter remembered that he had read in his little leather Bible, "You cannot serve God and mammon."

What I like in you is that you've definitely let Mammon go—it's the only decent way.

His extreme love of money overcame every other consideration; and to this idol, Mammon, he even sacrificed brotherly affection.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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