Meaning & use
pomp
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Ceremonial splendor and grandeur, especially in a public event or display.
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The coronation was celebrated with all the pomp befitting a new monarch.
Despite the pomp of the graduation ceremony, she just wanted it to be over.
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Frequently paired with 'circumstance' in the phrase 'pomp and circumstance,' also the title of a famous graduation march.
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