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1. WordNet® 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]

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

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

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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