pomp[noun]Synonyms:- ceremony, flourish, grandeur, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, splendour, state
- show, display, grandiosity, ostentation
Related Words: ceremonial,
ceremony,
form,
formality,
liturgy,
ritual [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pomp /pɒmp $ pɑːmp/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: pompe, from Greek, 'procession']
formal all the impressive clothes, decorations, music etc that are traditional for an important official or public ceremony:
The Queen’s birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲