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Mammonites

Mammonites is the plural of Mammonite.

Meaning of Mammonite

Noun

Mammonite (plural Mammonites)

  1. Someone devoted to the acquisition of wealth; an avaricious person.
    • And last, but not least, the perfect naturalist should have in him the very essence of true chivalry, namely, self-devotion; the desire to advance, not himself and his own fame or wealth, but knowledge and mankind. He should have this great virtue; and in spite of many shortcomings, (for what man...1855, Charles Kingsley, Glaucus; or, The Wonders of the Shore, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, pages 41–42
    Synonyms:
    Mammonist

Questions about Mammonites

What is Mammonites the plural of?
Mammonites is the plural of Mammonite.

Words near Mammonites in the dictionary

  1. mammonisms
  2. Mammonist
  3. mammonistic
  4. Mammonists
  5. Mammonite
  6. Mammonites
  7. Mammonitish
  8. mammonization
  9. mammonize
  10. mammonized
  11. mammonizes

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