Pomp
noun
A display of splendor or grandness.
The king's ceremony was full of pomp and grandeur.
Often appears as...
- pomp and circumstance
- pomp and grandeur
noun
A show of pride or vanity.
She was known for her pomp and her lavish lifestyle.
Often appears as...
- pomp and pride
- pomp and vanity
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A display of splendor or grandness.
The king's ceremony was full of pomp and grandeur.
Often appears as...
- pomp and circumstance
- pomp and grandeur
noun
A show of pride or vanity.
She was known for her pomp and her lavish lifestyle.
Often appears as...
- pomp and pride
- pomp and vanity
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Use 'pomp' when describing events with formal ceremony or ritual, like graduations or royal events.
Graduations often involve a great deal of pomp.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Pomp' often carries a positive tone, suggesting impressive and dignified events or atmospheres.
The festival was marked by pomp and lively celebration.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Opulence
Don't confuse 'pomp' with opulence; 'pomp' implies grandeur in display rather than wealth.
The military parade was more about pomp than extravagant spending.
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Use 'pomp' when describing events with formal ceremony or ritual, like graduations or royal events.
Graduations often involve a great deal of pomp.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Pomp' often carries a positive tone, suggesting impressive and dignified events or atmospheres.
The festival was marked by pomp and lively celebration.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Opulence
Don't confuse 'pomp' with opulence; 'pomp' implies grandeur in display rather than wealth.
The military parade was more about pomp than extravagant spending.
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Use 'pomp' when describing events with formal ceremony or ritual, like graduations or royal events.
Graduations often involve a great deal of pomp.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Pomp' often carries a positive tone, suggesting impressive and dignified events or atmospheres.
The festival was marked by pomp and lively celebration.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Opulence
Don't confuse 'pomp' with opulence; 'pomp' implies grandeur in display rather than wealth.
The military parade was more about pomp than extravagant spending.
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Video examples
Abraham Verghese: A...
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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"New Colossus" by Emma...
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
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The Man with Three Wives...
paid a dowry months ago this is a final symbolic exchange that formalizes the agreement as the officials leave the formal part of the wedding is over now the celebrations can begin as pomp Unni
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Abraham Verghese: A...
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.
Video examples
"New Colossus" by Emma...
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Video examples
The Man with Three Wives...
paid a dowry months ago this is a final symbolic exchange that formalizes the agreement as the officials leave the formal part of the wedding is over now the celebrations can begin as pomp Unni
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Quote examples
Rick Wilson
American Author
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.
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Ani DiFranco
American Musician
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.
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Rick Moranis
Canadian Actor
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.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
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.
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Chris Chibnall
English Writer
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.
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Patsy Kensit
English Actress
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.
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Rege-Jean Page
English Actor
There is pomp, ceremony and romance as a behavior, and then there is love as a real thing that is felt between two people.
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Rob Lowe
American Actor
I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Sherlyn Chopra
My birthdays were always celebrated with much pomp.
Quote examples
Rick Wilson
American Author
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.
Quote examples
Ani DiFranco
American Musician
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.
Quote examples
Rick Moranis
Canadian Actor
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.
Quote examples
Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
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.
Quote examples
Chris Chibnall
English Writer
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.
Quote examples
Patsy Kensit
English Actress
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.
Quote examples
Rege-Jean Page
English Actor
There is pomp, ceremony and romance as a behavior, and then there is love as a real thing that is felt between two people.
Quote examples
Rob Lowe
American Actor
I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.
Quote examples
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
Quote examples
Sherlyn Chopra
My birthdays were always celebrated with much pomp.
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