/ pɒmp; NAmE pɑːmp/ noun
[ U ] the impressive clothes, decorations, music, etc. and traditional customs that are part of an official occasion or ceremony :
all the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding
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IDIOMS
- pomp and circumstance
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French pompe , via Latin from Greek pompē procession, pomp, from pempein send.