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.
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Pomp (?), v. i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
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