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pomp
UK /ˈpɒmp/ US /ˈpɑːmp/
noun 2verb 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
annual, full, great, other, supernatural, typical
VERB + POMP
doesn't, held, inaugurated, installed, lent
POMP + NOUN
ceremony, circumstance, elements, revenue, victoria
PREP.
in, with, without
ADV.
already
Definitions
noun
1
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath plac'd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour.
The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
2
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
[…] a more beautiful expression of joy and thanksgiving than could have been exhibited by all the pomps of a Roman triumph.
verb
1
To make a pompous display.
pomp'd for those hard trifles
verb
1
To pamper.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — ceremonial elegance and splendor
- eclat
noun — cheap or pretentious or vain display
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that
Wiktionary02
The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome specta
Wiktionary03
In its pomp Victoria had 17 platforms, but many of the through platforms were demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the Manchester Arena.
Wiktionary04
pomp'd for those hard trifles
Wiktionary05
It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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