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pomp

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pomp/pɒmp/

▶noun

1 ceremony and splendid display.

2 (also pomps) archaic vain and boastful display.

– origin ME: from OFr. pompe, via L. from Gk pompē ‘procession, pomp’, from pempein ‘send’.

'pomp' also found in these Oxford entries:

circumstance - pompous - pump - state

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