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pomp

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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