pomp
pomp
- n cheap or pretentious or vain display
- n ceremonial elegance and splendor
- But whether the TV pictures out of London this week focus on street protest or pomp and circumstance, the crucial business between Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair will be Iraq .
- When he first ruled Argentina, Juan Pern doted on Latin pomp and dictatorial ceremony.
- More adept than any other at investing its ceremonies with glittery pomp, the Roman Catholic Church lavishly outdoes itself every two years when it stages an international .