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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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

Source : WordNet®

pomp
     n : ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat
         in a coach drawn by eight white horses" [syn: {eclat}]
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