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Definition

ceremonial elegance and splendor

or:

(archaic) a pretentious or vain display

announced with pomp and splendor

In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago, with more pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

pomp = ceremonial elegance and splendor

There, after a few days, if you like, the civil marriage shall be celebrated without pomp or ceremony.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
The disarray of the queendom didn't lend itself to pomp and circumstance, so Alyss kept her coronation ceremony short and to the point.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
For he desired neither pomp nor wealth nor honour, but only the truth!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
O, behold, How pomp is follow'd!
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra
It was Marine Corps pomp and glory.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
Never such a compound of pomp and poverty seen before!
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
The marines strode by in arrogant twos, stiff as rods in the loud pomp of chevrons and striped trousers.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
Also I suspect he hoped I'd be duly impressed by the pomp and ceremony of the law and encouraged to take up his profession.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
He died in 1882 and was buried with great pomp and ceremony in Westminster Abbey as one of England's distinguished sons.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
But Changazi had delayed its official inauguration until an event promising sufficient pomp could be arranged, Mortenson says.
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
Except for the jewelry, he was a conservative dresser and carried himself with the unconscious pomp of a man of secure means.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Ben and Radar both had a marathon band practice to make sure they would rock "Pomp and Circumstance" at graduation.
John Green -- Paper Towns
We can have pomp and glitter at the wedding—and the coronation.
Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
A second hearse, decked with the same funereal pomp, was brought to M. de Villefort's door, and the coffin removed into it from the post-wagon.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
The slow march began, sonorous with its ancient pomp, and Feyd-Rautha led his troupe across the arena for obeisance at the foot of his uncle's box.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
So did his teachers at the seminary, who deemed him too playful and impatient with pomp and procedure; they delayed his ordination.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
'Now, this is a fine cigar!' yelled Will's father, turning with great pomp back to the counter.
Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
Fashion and pomp required more ample sums, so that the poor man was nowhere.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie

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