pomps
Showy ceremonial spectacles
Pomps is the plural of pomp—ceremonial displays of magnificence and splendor.
The word appears most familiarly in the phrase pomps and circumstance, referring to formal pageantry, and in religious vows renouncing the pomps of the devil or the pomps of the world—rejecting earthly vanities and worldly show.
Elaborate ceremonial display
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- processionFormal moving line
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
fanfare · majesty · spectacle · ritual · parade · coronation · inauguration · heraldry
Vulgar flaunting of means
- pretensionUnwarranted claim to merit
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- showinessOstentatious display quality
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
display · boastfulness · self-importance · hubris · vainglory · conceit · swagger · flaunting
pageantry
Elaborate ceremonial display
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- processionFormal moving line
regalia · fanfare · majesty · spectacle · ritual · parade · coronation · inauguration · heraldry · flourish
ostentation
Vulgar flaunting of means
- pretensionUnwarranted claim to merit
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- showinessOstentatious display quality
arrogance · display · boastfulness · self-importance · hubris · vainglory · conceit · swagger · flaunting · grandiosity
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
cathedral · Mass · high church · bishop · ritual · sacrament · altar · candles · chanting · robes
pompssimplicity
Lack of complexity
humility · austerity · plainness · modesty · unpretentiousness
pompssubstance
Physical material with mass
sincerity · genuineness · authenticity · realness · unpretentiousness
pompshumility
Freedom from arrogance
meekness · lowliness · self-effacement · unpretentiousness · modesty
- pomp and circumstanceShowy formal ceremony