Pomp

Noun

 * 1) Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
 * 2) * 1698. "A person of quality" [Pierre Nicole]. Moral Essayes, Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties. Vol I, p95.
 * "'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."
 * 1) * Episode 12, The Cyclops
 * 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.

Related terms

 * pompous
 * pomposity

Adjectives for Pomp
painted; regal; mournful; cumbrous; long; worthless; warlike; stately; disposed; solitary;   disproportionate;    unprecedented; episcopal; vain; bloody; apparent; vulgar; embarrassing; infinite; dazzling; decorative; moving; papistical; liturgical; inimitable; long-drawn; despotic; bloodless; visionary; wonted; wind-blown; solemn; superfluous; contented.

Verbs for Pomp
affect—; display—; exhibit—; relax—; relish—; sacrifice to—; —attracts; —awes; — blazons; —dazzles; —flaunts; —glitters; — sparkles; —splashes; —wearies.

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

Etymology
From <  pompe: <  pompa: <  πομπή: < πέμπω:.

Translations

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Noun

 * 1) pomp show of magnificence

Etymology
From Pomp:.

Synonyms

 * pragt

Noun

 * 1) pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Noun
Pomp


 * 1) pomp

Noun

 * 1) ceremony,

Etymology
Probably a loan word from the pomp:, from the  pompe:, from the  pompa: from  πομπή:.

Synonyms

 * viðhöfn, skraut

Derived terms

 * pomp og prakt