POMP, n. L. 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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