OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13649

pomp

/ˈpɒmp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
boato • pompa
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
'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…
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 alr…
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