Associations to the word «Pomp»

Wiktionary

POMP, noun. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
POMP, noun. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
POMP, verb. (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.

Dictionary definition

POMP, noun. Cheap or pretentious or vain display.
POMP, noun. Ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope