Meaning of POMP
| Pronunciation: | | pâmp
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| | Definition: | | [n] ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses" |
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| | Synonyms: | | eclat |
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| | See Also: | | elegance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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