pomp and circumstance

English

Noun

pomp and circumstance (uncountable)

A display of ceremonial grandeur.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii]:
  Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!
- 1992, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, American Mathematical Society, page 565:
  Complete with a ribbon cutting and plenty of pomp and circumstance, the opening was attended by 100 to 200 people, most of them Canadian mathematicians.
- 2007, Mike Mullane, Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut, page 194:
  This was pomp and circumstance beyond anything she had expected and she knew she was up next.
- 2015, Jessica Clare, The Taming of the Billionaire, page 108:
  And you know that Gretchen is the woman I love and intend to marry, and she has her heart set on a big wedding with lots of pomp and circumstance.

Translations

ceremonial grandeur

French: en grande pompe (fr) m
Icelandic: pomp og prakt m

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