"pomp and circumstance" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pomp and circumstance (uncountable)
  1. A display of ceremonial grandeur. Tags: uncountable Translations (ceremonial grandeur): pracht en praal (Dutch), en grande pompe [masculine] (French), Glanz und Gloria [masculine] (German), Schaugepränge [neuter] (German), Pomp und Zeremonien [masculine] (German), Pomp und Prunk [feminine] (German), Pracht und Herrlichkeit [feminine] (German), pomp og prakt [masculine] (Icelandic), pomp og prakt (Norwegian Bokmål), pompa och ståt (Swedish), rhwysg a rhodres [masculine] (Welsh)
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