"personification of wealth," mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona, from Greek mamonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain;" left untranslated in Greek New Testament (e.g. Matt. vi:24, Luke xvi:9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon.
例文
1. It taught only materialism,the gospel of mammon .
お金至上主義を宣伝するだけです。
2.It is not every day that one meets a business-person who is not obsessed with Mammon .
金銭に執着しないビジネスマンは求められない。
3.It was possible to serve God and Mammon at the same time.
神を敬うことと財神を拝むことは両立できる。
4.I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
私はできるだけ謙虚にしなければならない。
5.He believes that our society teaches young people to worship Mammon .