pomp

See also Pomp

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompē, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pempō, “I send”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɒmp/, X-SAMPA: /"pQmp/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈpɑːmp/, X-SAMPA: /"pA:mp/
• Rhymes: -ɒmp

Noun

pomp (uncountable)

1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
   • 1698. "A person of quality" [Pierre Nicole]. Moral Essayes, Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties. Vol I, p95.

     "'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath plac'd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour."

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12, The Cyclops

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

Related terms

• pompous
• pomposity

Translations

show of magnificence

• Dutch: praal (nl) c
• German: Pomp (de) m

• Telugu: ఆడంబరము (te)

Verb

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

1. (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

External links

• pomp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pomp in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• pomp at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Danish

Etymology

From German Pomp.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔmp/, [pʰʌmˀb̥]

Noun

pomp c (singular definite pompen, not used in plural form)

1. pomp (show of magnificence)

Synonyms

• pragt

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔmp
• IPA: /pɔmp/

Noun

pomp f (plural pompen, diminutive pompje)

1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

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Icelandic

Etymology

Probably a loan word from the Danish pomp, from the French pompe, from the Latin pompa (“display, parade, procession”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompē, “a sending”).

Noun

pomp n (genitive singular pomps)

1. ceremony, pomp

Synonyms

• (ceremony, pomp): viðhöfn, skraut

Derived terms

• pomp og prakt