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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Pomp

Pōmp, n.

noun

n. [Fr. pompe, Pr., Sp., Pg., It., & Lat. pompa, from Gr. πομπή, a sending, a solemn procession, from πομπεύειν, to send; Ger. pomp.]

  1. A procession distinguished by ostentation of grandeur and splendor. “All the pomps of a Roman triumph.” Addison.
  2. Show of magnificence; parade; splendor.

Misery outlives incertain pomp. Shak. Syn.—Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.

Pŏmp, v. i.

verbintransitive

To manifest pomp; to make a display. [Obs. and rare.] B. Jonson.

Pōmp'et, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. pompette.] (Print.) The ball formerly used by printers to ink the types. [Obs.]