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pomp

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–noun
1. stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
2. ostentatious or vain display, esp. of dignity or importance.
3. pomps, pompous displays, actions, or things: The official was accompanied by all the pomps of his high position.
4. Archaic. a stately or splendid procession; pageant.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L pompa display, parade, procession < Gk pomp orig., a sending, akin to pémpein to send

Related forms:
pompless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See show.
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pomp   (pŏmp)   
n.  

  1. Dignified or magnificent display; splendor: the solemn pomp of a military funeral.

  2. Vain or ostentatious display. See Synonyms at display.


[Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa, pomp, procession, from Greek pompē, procession, from pempein, to send.]
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Word Origin & History

pomp 
1303, from O.Fr. pompe (13c.), from L. pompa "procession, pomp," from Gk. pompe "solemn procession, display," lit. "a sending," from pempein "to send." In Church L., used in depreciatory sense for "worldly display, vain show."
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Medical Dictionary

POMP (pē'ō-ěm-pē')
n.
A drug used in cancer chemotherapy and composed of purinethol (6-mercaptopurine), Oncovin (vincristine sulfate), methotrexate, and prednisone.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
POMP
Purinethol, Oncovin, methotrexate, and prednisone
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