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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pomp \Pomp\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pomp \Pomp\, verb (used without an object) To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pomp
noun: ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses" [syn: {eclat}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "pomp": 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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