Definitions for: Pomp

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: eclat

See Also: elegance

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