Category:Pomp

Pomp, n. Etym: [oe. pompe, f. pompe, l. pompa, fr. Gr. 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.

Defn: to make a pompons display; to conduct. [obs.] B. Jonson.