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Pomp

Pomp Meaning & Definition
Pomp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pomp?

[n] ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pomp: eclat

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pomp: array | brilliance | buckram | caravan | cavalcade | ceremonial | ceremoniousness | ceremony | circumstance | column | cortege | cosmorama | cyclorama | dignity | diorama | display | dress parade | exhibit | exhibition | exposition | extravaganza | extrinsicality | fanfare | flyover | form | formality | formalization | funeral | georama | glory | grandeur | gravity | heraldry | impersonality | light show | line | liturgy | magnificence | march past | motorcade | mule train | myriorama | pack train | pageant | pageantry | panoply | panorama | parade | phantasmagoria | pomposity | presentation | pride | primness | procession | promenade | psychedelic show | representation | review | rigidness | ritual | rituality | shifting scene | shine | show | sight | skimmington | solemnity | spectacle | splendor | stage show | starchiness | state | stiffness | stiltedness | stream | string | stylization | tableau | tableau vivant | train | weight

See Also | elegance

Pomp In Webster's Dictionary

\Pomp\, n. [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. ? a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. ? to send. Cf. {Pump} a shoe.] 1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. ``All the pomps of a Roman triumph.'' --Addison. 2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. Syn: Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
\Pomp\, v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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