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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1596
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Pomp, n.1 Also: pomp(t)e. [ME and e.m.E. pompe (c 1315), pomp (Rolle), also pumpe (15th c.), F. pompe (c 1160 in Tobler-Lommatzsch), L. pompa, from the Gk., a sending, solemn procession, display, pomp.] Pomp. a. Splendid display or show; magnificence; splendour. b. Ostentatious or boastful display; vain glory; an instance of this. c. An instance of pomp: a splendid show; a ceremonial display; a splendid procession. d. plur.a., b. (1) 1375 Barb. iv 121 (E).
For the pomp oft the prid [C. The pomp of pryde] furth schawis c1420 Wynt. iv 1918.
Thai … Discumfyte wes … And thare pompe browcht till confusioune c1420 Ib. viii 3987.
Al pompe off pryde thai put by c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 3398.
Thai blew thare buglis … With sic ane fere … And sich a pompe [etc.] a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 320.
I change … thy pomp and thy riches In mortall neid c1515 Asloan MS I 307/13.
In pompe & lawde of victorye he besegit Rome c1515 Ib. 323/10.
Of his cursit lyf and pomp that he had with his concubinis vsing the goldin weschell reft out of the temple 1513 Doug. xiii viii 92.
Quham scho … Was wont to weir in maste pompe and delyte 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 577.
His princely pompe nor papale grauitie … Preualit hym not 1533 Boece 313.
His corps … with lamentabill pomp was convoyit to Colmkill c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5916.
The princely pomp nor apparell Off pope … That day sall nocht regardit be 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 81.
That scho secreitly, in the nicht, buryit him without funeral pompe 1596 Dalr. I 237/2.
Contemneng all wardlie pompe and effairis of this lyfe(2) 1461 Liber Pluscardensis I 385.
Thair is nocht heire bot … Baith pompe and pryd with passand pouerte a1500 Henr. Fab. 1116. a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1413 (Arund.).
Pomp, presumpcioun, hes poysonit sa prudence That [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. I 53/6.
A persoune is tempit be … the waurld, pompe and glore of it 1535 Stewart 2329.
Pomp and pryde … Brocht all Scotland to greit miseritie 1535 Ib. 18058.
With lowage langage full of pomp and pryde 1535 Ib. 6973, etc. a1538 Abell 51 b.
The hedis of my pepill passis to the kirk with pomp & pride & hes na compassioun of the puyr c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4183.
The danter of the Romanis pompe and glorye 1570 Leslie 265.
Thay passed to the gret hall … quhair thay suped with so gret … pompte and triumphe that [etc.] a1578 Pitsc. I 24/22.
Pompe 1596 Dalr. I 93/22.
Breickis thay had … mair to hyd thair memberis than for ony pompe or prydc. 1558-66 Knox II 127.
[The sword and sceptre] is rather a pompe and gloriouse vane ceremonye than a substantiall point of necessitie requyred to a lauchfull parliament c1590 Fowler I 71/107.
Thay progrest so in this thair pompe and brawe triumphant band c1590 Ib. 75/231. 1596 Dalr. I 124/2.
[Him] beir to the graue with a famous pompe, nochtwithstandeng dolorous and dulefuld. 1490 Irland Mir. I 36/28.
In oure bapteme we renunce the deuill, all his werkis, pompis, prid and seruice 1494 Loutfut MS. 48 a.
And wthir makis thaim [obsequies] with gret paraling and gret pompes
