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Mammon of Unrighteousness (The)

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

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Malum in Se (Latin)
Malum Prohibitum (Latin)
Malvolio
Mamamouchi
Mambrino’s Helmet
Mamelon
Mamelukes
Mamma, Mother
Mammet
Mammon
Mammon of Unrighteousness (The)
Mammon’s Cave
Mammoth Cave (The)
Man (Isle of)
Man
Man Friday (A)
Man-jack
Man … Monkey
Man-Mountain or Quinbus Flestrin
Man Proposes
Man Threefold