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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. cheap or pretentious or vain display;
[syn: gaudery, pomp]

2. ceremonial elegance and splendor;
- Example: "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"
[syn: pomp, eclat]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. [1913 Webster] Syn: Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pomp \Pomp\, v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pomp 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]