Glory
Glory noun - Public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement.
Pomp is a synonym for glory in magnificence topic. In some cases you can use "Pomp" instead a noun "Glory", when it comes to topics like grandeur, appearance, splendour, great beauty.
Pomp
Pomp noun - Cheap or pretentious or vain display.
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Glory is a synonym for pomp in beauty topic. You can use "Glory" instead a noun "Pomp", if it concerns topics such as show, brilliance.
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- There is much pomp and glory in joining a Guard regiment and fighting for the glory of the Imperium, and new Guardsmen are often very proud of being inducted.
Source: Naïve Newcomer - Similarly, what US kids would call "The Graduation Song" (and is actually called "Pomp and Circumstance") contains the patriotic British anthem "Land of Hope and Glory" by Sir Edward Elgar.
Source: "Weird Al" Effect -
Exploding heads to Pomp and Circumstancenote Doubly hilarious: British viewers will know the song as Land of Hope and Glory, a hymn about the glory of the British Empire is but one example.
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