Both Uses of
pomp
in
Moby Dick
- And never having been anywhere in the world but in Africa, Nantucket, and the pagan harbors most frequented by whalemen; and having now led for many years the bold life of the fishery in the ships of owners uncommonly heedful of what manner of men they shipped; Daggoo retained all his barbaric virtues, and erect as a giraffe, moved about the decks in all the pomp of six feet five in his socks.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- and though among the holy pomps of the Romish faith, white is specially employed in the celebration of the Passion of our Lord;†
Chpt 40-42pomps = (archaic) pretentious or vain displays
Definition:
ceremonial elegance and splendor
or:
(archaic) a pretentious or vain display
or:
(archaic) a pretentious or vain display