pomp

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noun

stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.

ostentatious or vain display, especially of dignity or importance.

pomps, pompous displays, actions, or things: The official was accompanied by all the pomps of his high position.

Archaic. a stately or splendid procession; pageant.

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Origin of pomp

1275–1325; Middle English <Latin pompa display, parade, procession <Greek pompḗ originally, a sending, akin to pémpein to send

OTHER WORDS FROM pomp

pompless, adjective

Words nearby pomp

pomology, Pomona, Pomona glass, Pomorze, pomosexual, pomp, pompadour, pompano, Pompano Beach, Pompeia, Pompeian

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Today, Powell chose a simpler church service in lieu of the pomp and circumstance of lying in state in the Capitol that military leaders are granted, another instance of looking back at where he’d been, not where he’d reached.
Colin Powell Was the Epitome of America’s Promise|Margaret Carlson|November 5, 2021|The Daily Beast
The marriage of the former princess Mako Komuro, niece of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, and her long-time partner, the commoner Kei Komuro, was without the usual pomp and ceremony of royal nuptials.
Mako Komuro Isn't the First Female Scion of Japan's Royal Family to Have Suffered From Mental Stress|Chad de Guzman|November 3, 2021|Time
Finding a way to gather in May for the pomp and circumstance of graduation ceremonies proved yet another challenge.
Georgetown University to hold pandemic commencement at Nationals Park|Nick Anderson|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
Still, that same equalizing effect also serves to highlight the relative absurdity of building up so much importance, so much pomp and hyperbole, over awards shows in the first place.
GLAAD Media Awards celebrate progress|John Paul King|April 13, 2021|Washington Blade

Typically, Mars landings are cause for great pomp and circumstance at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars in mission to search for past life|Joel Achenbach, Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
If a product is beautiful, why do you need all that pomp and circumstance?
The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way|Tom Teodorczuk|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, there was a high school band striking up the Elgar march “Pomp and Circumstance.”
The Sexy Dream of the 747|Clive Irving|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A glittering spectacle of British pomp and majesty it may be, but the clothes are rather tight, and the room is somewhat airless.
Thump! Audible Crash As Queen's Page Boy Collapses At Opening of Parliament|Tom Sykes|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Compared to where we had just been, what we had so recently done, all the pomp and circumstance seemed ingratiatingly trivial.
The Medal of Honor Disgrace|Brian Van Reet|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We still seem driven by hype, by illusory health scares and benefits, by pomp, by the new and trendy, than by taste.
This Book Will Change the Way You Eat|Lucas Wittmann|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They buried her body in the Recollect convent, with the greatest pomp possible.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The date was fixed for the interment with military pomp, and immense crowds came out to witness the imposing procession.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The Cardinals started for the north, 'as the manner of the Romans is,' with great pomp and circumstance.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
If he has painted vice and shown Satan in all his pomp, it is without the least complacence in the task.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
All this pomp and circumstance was in their eyes no other than a distinctive mark of paganism.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for pomp

pomp

/ (pɒmp) /

noun

stately or magnificent display; ceremonial splendour

vain display, esp of dignity or importance

obsolete a procession or pageant

Word Origin for pomp

C14: from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa procession, from Greek pompē; related to Greek pompein to send

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