Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mammon of Unrighteousness

(The). Money. A Scripture phrase (Luke xvi. 9). Mammon was the Syrian god of wealth, similar to Plutus of Greek and Roman mythology.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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