pompan.
/ˈpɒmpə/, U.S. /ˈpɑmpə/ Roman History.
A ceremonial procession. Cf. pomp n.1 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence
thrumOE
prideOE
wealc1290
noblessec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
nobletya1387
royaltyc1405
magnificence?1435
gloriousnessc1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
pomperyc1460
triumpha1513
princeliness1545
gorgeousness1549
jollity1549
stateliness1556
proudnessa1586
royalitya1607
splendour1616
grandeur1652
superbiousness1654
splendidnessa1657
lustre1658
superbness1779
pompa1783
splendaciousness1853
magnoliousness1921
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]
prideOE
nobleyec1300
farec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
rialtya1375
estatec1385
lordliness1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
worthinessc1450
pomperyc1460
affairc1480
gloryc1480
majesty1481
triumpha1513
shine?1529
royalness?1548
sumptuosity1550
triumphing1569
magnificie1570
presence1570
gite1589
equipage1612
majesticalness1613
ceremonya1616
splendour1616
stateliness1637
majesticnessa1643
scheme1647
pageantry1651
grandeur1652
splendidnessa1657
magnanimity1658
magnificency1668
fluster1676
energy1764
pompa1783
panoply1790
pageanting1873
a1704 T. Brown tr. Æneas Sylvius Lett. in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 78 'Tis true, you put on Mourning..and all the Pompa Rogi in wonderful Decency and Order.
1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. I. 314 An Ægyptian Basso-Relievo. It represents, to the best of my Memory, an Isidis Pompa, ‘A Procession in honour of Isis’.]
1783 T. Wilson Archæol. Dict. at Pompa The Pompæ were always attended with much ceremony and laboured ostentation.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §387. 503 Pan..sitting..over a grotto in which the great mother and the nymphs..are likewise receiving a pompa.
1913 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 44 89 The festival seems early to have included..a pompa from the temple to the Circus.
2000 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 90 224 Their [sc. the games'] essentially religious character is marked by a pompa to the place of worship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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