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ceremonial elegance and splendoror:
(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
- 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
pomp = ceremonial elegance and splendor
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