Definizione monolingua

pomp

pomp (uncountable)

1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
   • 1698. ""A person of quality"" [Pierre Nicole]. Moral Essayes, Containd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties. Vol I, p95.

     ""Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath placd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour.""

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

Definizione dizionario pomp

pompa

fasto

fastosità

gala

ostentazione

sfarzo

Altri significati:

show of magnificence

Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.