Rick Wilson

Every man who has sat in the Oval Office has felt the short, sharp shock when an ordinary day in the highest office in the land shifts from pomp and ceremony to urgent briefings, immediate choices, crucial decisions where lives are on the line. It's not something that may happen to a president. It's something that will happen.

American Author

Ani DiFranco

Pop 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.

American Musician

Rick Moranis

Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn't bluster or commodity in Canadian celebration. Canada isn't big on bunting. Or jet flyovers, fireworks, marching bands or military pomp.

Canadian Actor

Zephyr Teachout

At their best, new media are chaotic. The new technologies disrupt political pomp and glamour and engage people in an unpolished and unpredictable give-and-take. They also give citizens access to a surprising depth of raw information.

American Lawyer

Chris Chibnall

What I didn't want to come in with is 'Camelot' in all its pomp and glory. Instead we're looking at how you build a society, how you build a world that people believe in, and how hard it is.

English Writer

Patsy Kensit

I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.

English Actress

Rege-Jean Page

There is pomp, ceremony and romance as a behavior, and then there is love as a real thing that is felt between two people.

English Actor

Rob Lowe

I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.

American Actor

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

French Writer

Sherlyn Chopra

My birthdays were always celebrated with much pomp.

Use 'pomp' when describing events with formal ceremony or ritual, like graduations or royal events.

Ceremonial Context

'Pomp' often carries a positive tone, suggesting impressive and dignified events or atmospheres.

Positive Connotation

Don't confuse 'pomp' with opulence; 'pomp' implies grandeur in display rather than wealth.

Not Opulence

In the context of vanity, 'pomp' can be negative, criticizing excessive self-importance.

Negative Aspect

When used to describe a person, 'pomp' suggests they display their status or wealth conspicuously.

Personal Behavior

In some cultures, 'pomp' might be seen as a positive display of one's success and achievements.

Cultural Indicator

 that rituals are all about transformation. We marry, for example, with great pomp and ceremony and expense to signal our departure from a life of solitude and misery and loneliness to one of eternal bliss.

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Pomp

Ceremonial Context

Positive Connotation

Not Opulence

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