POMP, noun [Latin pompa; bombus; Eng. bomb, bombast.] 1. A procession distinguished by ostentation of grandeur and splendor; as the pomp of a Roman triumph. 2. Show of magnificence; parade; splendor. Hearts formed for love, but doom'd in vain to glow In prison'd pomp and weep in splendid woe.
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