pomp and circumstance

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pomp and circumstance (uncountable)

  1. A display of ceremonial grandeur.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.

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