POMPS

Noun

pomps

plural of pomp

Source: Wiktionary


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, v. i.

Definition: To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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