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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POMP, n. [L. pompa; bombus; Eng. bomb, bombast.]
1. A procession distinguished by ostentation of grandeur and splendor; as the pomp of a Roman triumph.
2. Show of magnificence; parade; splendor.
Hearts formed for love, but doom'd in vain to glow
In prison'd pomp, and weep in splendid woe.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: cheap or pretentious or vain display [syn: gaudery, pomp]
2: ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses" [syn: pomp, eclat]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pompe, from Latin pompa procession, pomp, from Greek pomp? act of sending, escort, procession, pomp, from pempein to send Date: 14th century 1. a show of magnificence ; splendor <every day begins…in a pomp of flaming colours — F. D. Ommanney> 2. a ceremonial or festival display (as a train of followers or a pageant) 3. a. ostentatious display ; vainglory b. an ostentatious gesture or act

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a splendid display; splendour. 2 (often in pl.) vainglory (the pomps and vanities of this wicked world). Etymology: ME f. OF pompe f. L pompa f. Gk pompe procession, pomp f. pempo send

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Pomp is the use of a lot of ceremony, fine clothes, and decorations, especially on a special occasion. ...the pomp and splendour of the English aristocracy.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Parade, display, show, splendor, magnificence, pageantry, pageant, flourish, state, ostentation, pompousness, grandeur, pride, flourish.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To save one's pomp at whist, is to score five before the adversaries are up, or win the game: originally derived from pimp, which is Welsh for five; and should be, I have saved my pimp.

Moby Thesaurus

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