pomp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pomp	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pomp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pomp n cheap or pretentious or vain display [syn: gaudery, pomp] ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses" Synonym(s): pomp, eclat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]All the pomps of a Roman triumph.[b8] --Addison. 2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. Syn: Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pomp \Pomp\, v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.