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En grande pompe

Meaning: With elaborate ceremony.

Language: French

Literally: In great pomp

Category: Daily Life

Origin: Pompa is the Latin for a solemn procession, borrowed from Greek pompē. The English pomp is the same word, and both have drifted towards implying the ceremony is excessive.

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