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pomp
noun as in pageantry, display
Example Sentences
The Magic Kingdom dropped its pomp greeting to fans for its nightly fireworks display.
The life-size portrait he produced is a whiz-bang spectacle of courtly pomp and dynastic circumstance.
These were the qualities of golfing discipline patented by Woods in his pomp.
Between the pomp surrounding donning one’s holy livery, pointed glares and swishing red silks and velvets, these cassocked clergymen make bored teenagers seem kind.
“And to have those conversations, as difficult as they may be ... And that’s what it’s about. Always. Not about the pomp and circumstance and prestige, but it’s about the work.”
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What are other ways to say pomp?
Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and splendor. Ostentation refers to vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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