Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pomp"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pomp \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pomp \Pomp\, v. i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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