All 3 Uses of
pomp
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- …bodices, velvet vests, elegantly worked stockings, striped gaiters, and silver buckles for the shoes, all disappeared; and Gaspard Caderousse, unable to appear abroad in his pristine splendor, had given up any further participation in the pomps and vanities, both for himself and wife, although a bitter feeling of envious discontent filled his mind as the sound of mirth and merry music from the joyous revellers reached even the miserable hostelry to which he still clung, more for the…†
Chpt 25-26
- 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.†
Chpt 73-74 *
- There, after a few days, if you like, the civil marriage shall be celebrated without pomp or ceremony.†
Chpt 73-74
Definition:
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(pomp) ceremonial elegance and splendor
or:
(archaic) a pretentious or vain display