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mammon
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synonyms: lucre, pelf, ~spondulics, ~rhino ???
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Definition:wealth personified as an evil spirit or influence---n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.Ambose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
painting: by Evylyn De Morgan (1909), https://www.wikiart.org/en/evelyn-de-morgan/the-worship-of-mammon-1909
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He went on and traced his life in the mills, the learning of the horseshoeing trade, and his meeting with the socialists. Among them, he said, he had found keen intellects and brilliant wits, ministers of the Gospel who had been broken because their Christianity was too wide for any congregation of mammon-worshippers, and professors who had been broken on the wheel of university subservience to the ruling class.
Jack London. The Iron Heel
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He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary
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FACE. Why, this is a lucky day. Ten pounds of Mammon!
Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)
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