Pomp is a ceremonial display, such as you'd find at the Independence Day parade in your town, where brass bands and men and women in full military dress march to patriotic songs, while citizens wave flags and cheer.
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
Noun
ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"
n.
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a
pageant.
n.
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
v. i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct.
Pomp
Pomp
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
To make a pompons display; to conduct.
Usage Examples
Watching the evening news in 2011 is a strange time-travel experience. 'The CBS Evening News,' 'ABC World News' and 'NBC Nightly News' haven't changed their style over the decades, still going for that old-fashioned mix of voice-of-authority pomp and feel-good fluff. The difference is that people aren't watching.
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Other Usage ExamplesPop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'
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