Both Uses of
pomp
in
Oliver Twist
- He was degraded in their eyes; he had lost caste and station before the very paupers; he had fallen from all the height and pomp of beadleship, to the lowest depth of the most snubbed hen-peckery.†
Chpt 37 *
- Mr. Bumble had quite dignity enough for two; supposing even that the stranger had been more familiar: so he drank his gin-and-water in silence, and read the paper with great show of pomp and circumstance.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
ceremonial elegance and splendor
or:
(archaic) a pretentious or vain display
or:
(archaic) a pretentious or vain display