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mammonist|ˈmæmənɪst|
[f. Mammon + -ist. Cf. obs. Da. mammonist.]
A worshipper of Mammon; one who sets his heart on riches.
1550Crowley Inform. & Petit. 13 b, Let them no more be named Christians,..but Mammonistes after Mammon whose badge they beare. 1560Becon Catech. iv. Wks. 1564 I. 415 They are all Mammonistes and worldlinges. 1667Causes Decay Chr. Piety v. 105 Let him come to the converted Mammonist, and ask him which he finds the better Treasury, his own Coffer or the poor mans Bowels. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. 209 The Gains of Mammonists. 1817Coleridge ‘Blessed are ye that Sow’ 78 The..world-honoured company of Christian Mammonists. 1886W. Graham Soc. Probl. 459 The mammonist money-maker. |