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Webster 1913 Edition
Pomp
Pomp
,Noun.
[OE.
pompe
, F. pompe
, L. pompa
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a sending, a solemn procession, pomp, fr. [GREEK] 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.
Pomp
,Verb.
I.
To make a pompons display; to conduct.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pomp
POMP
,Noun.
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.