pomp
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From Middle English < Old French pompe < Latin pompa (“‘pomp’”) < Ancient Greek πομπή (pompē), “‘a sending, a solemn procession, pomp’”) < πέμπω (“‘I send’”).
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pomp (uncountable)
- Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
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- 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."
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- 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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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’”).
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pomp n. (genitive singular pomps)
