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   Pomp

   /pämp/

   

   noun

   • 1. ceremony and splendid display, especially at a public event: "St. Paul's was perfectly adapted to pomp and circumstance"
   • ▪ ostentatious boastfulness or vanity: "the pomps and vanities of this world"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French pompe, via Latin from Greek pompē ‘procession, pomp’, from pempein ‘send’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • M

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   • P

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