1
: a show of magnificence : splendor
Every day begins … in a pomp of flaming colours …—
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: a ceremonial or festival display (such as a train of followers or a pageant)
a dignitary treated with pomp and circumstance [=impressive formal activities or ceremonies]
3
a
: ostentatious display : vainglory
b
: an ostentatious gesture or act
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In a restaurant town flooded with Frenchness, Chateau Royale offers a welcome sense of cheeky self-awareness, with a backward-looking menu that embraces all the Gallic pomp and dairy fat of an earlier age.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
When Vladimir Putin’s plane touches down in New Delhi on Thursday, he will be met with the pomp and ceremony reserved for one of India’s most steadfast partners.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
A couple thousand, the privileged ones, will file into the Concert Hall for pomp, politics, performances and then, finally, the picking of World Cup groups.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
With the exception of Howle’s fictional Thomas, the Brits, based on real-life figures, are represented here with an assortment of pomp, cluelessness, arrogance and cruelty, all of it smartly played and never cartoonish.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
When Vladimir Putin’s plane touches down in New Delhi on Thursday, he will be met with the pomp and ceremony reserved for one of India’s most steadfast partners.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
A couple thousand, the privileged ones, will file into the Concert Hall for pomp, politics, performances and then, finally, the picking of World Cup groups.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
With the exception of Howle’s fictional Thomas, the Brits, based on real-life figures, are represented here with an assortment of pomp, cluelessness, arrogance and cruelty, all of it smartly played and never cartoonish.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Pomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pomp. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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