pomp

  • 51pomp and circumstance — formal ceremony. The royal visit was accompanied by all the usual pomp and circumstance …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 52POMP — Abbreviation for Purinethol (6 mercaptopurine), Oncovin (vincristine sulfate), methotrexate, and prednisone, a cancer chemotherapy regimen. * * * phase offset multiplanar [pulse sequence in magnetic resonance imaging]; principal outer material… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 53pomp — Synonyms and related words: array, brilliance, buckram, caravan, cavalcade, ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, circumstance, column, cortege, cosmorama, cyclorama, dignity, diorama, display, dress parade, exhibit, exhibition, exposition,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54pomp — South African Slang Origin: Afrikanerisms to have sex (from Afrikaans word for pump ) (rude) …

    English dialects glossary

  • 55pomp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grandeur, show, ostentation, magnificence, display, splendor. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grandeur, pageantry, ceremony, magnificence, affectation, splendor; see also glory 2 , grandeur , ostentation 2 .… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 56pomp — [14] Greek pompé meant literally ‘sending’ (it was derived from the verb pémpein ‘send’). But it came to be used metaphorically for a ‘solemn procession or parade’ (as being something that was ‘sent out’ on its way), and hence for the concomitant …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57pomp — pÉ‘mp /pÉ’mp n. luxury, magnificence; splendor, majesty …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58POMP — Pompei, Pompeia, Pompeianio, Pompeiano, Pompeio, Pompeis, Pompeius, Pompilii, Pompilius, Pomponi, Pomponio, Pomponius, Pomptina …

    Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions

  • 59pomp — «a (G). A guide …

    Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

  • 60POMP — abbr. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO NASDAQ …

    Dictionary of abbreviations