Pomp

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}]
    

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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Pomp \Pomp\, v. i.
   To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "pomp":
      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