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noun
1.
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
2.
ostentatious or vain display, especially 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; Middle English < Latin pompa display, parade, procession < Greek pompḗ orig., a sending, akin to pémpein to send
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin pompa display, parade, procession < Greek pompḗ orig., a sending, akin to pémpein to send
Related forms
pomp·less, adjective
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Word Origin & History
pomp
c.1300, 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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