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Definition of pomp noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pomp

noun
 
/pɒmp/
 
/pɑːmp/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. the impressive clothes, decorations, music, etc. and traditional customs that are part of an official occasion or ceremony
    • all the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pompe, via Latin from Greek pompē ‘procession, pomp’, from pempein ‘send’.
Idioms
pomp and circumstance
  1. formal and impressive ceremony
    • Funerals of famous people were conducted with great pomp and circumstance.
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