pomp
noun
[ pɒmp ]
• ceremony and splendid display.
• "entertaining overseas visitors with the right degree of pomp"
Similar:
ceremony,
ceremoniousness,
ceremonial,
solemnity,
ritual,
display,
spectacle,
pageantry,
pageant,
show,
showiness,
ostentation,
splendour,
grandeur,
grandness,
magnificence,
majesty,
stateliness,
glory,
gloriousness,
sumptuousness,
opulence,
lavishness,
richness,
brilliance,
radiance,
dazzle,
theatricality,
drama,
flourish,
glitter,
style,
éclat,
resplendence,
splendidness,
pizzazz,
razzle-dazzle,
razzmatazz,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pompe, via Latin from Greek pompē ‘procession, pomp’, from pempein ‘send’.
