Middle English Dictionary Entry
pomp(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pomp(e n. Also pumpe, pamp & (errors) ponpe, pope. |
| Etymology | OF pompe & L pompa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ostentatious display of wealth, power, strength, etc.; also, the personification of such display or show; ?also, an exalted position or rank [quot.: Chartier]; (b) ~ and pride, ostentation and display; wordes of ~, pompous words; with-outen ~ (or pride, unpretentious(ly; (c) an ostentatious display or event; (d) sg. & pl.: worldly glory, vainglory; worldli pompes, ~ of the world, pompe(s of this world, this lives ~, etc.; (e) pompe(s, in the baptismal formula: the wicked shows or spectacles (of the Devil).
Associated quotations
a
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)107/260 : Why hys hit þat neuer yþouȝt Of pompe þat he seȝ?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.304 : Thus for Pompe and for beyete, The Scribe and ek the Pharisee of Moises upon the See In the chaiere on hyh ben set.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1773 : It was at Rome knowe, The pompe which that Perse ladde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1927 : Fy on hir pompe and on hir glotonye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.943 : A newe markisesse He with hym broghte in swich pompe and richesse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.717 : Þe Grekis goon In-to þe feld, with pompe ful royal.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1670 : Ne pompe, array, nobleye, or ek richesse Ne made me to rewe on youre destresse.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7077 : Þus salle alle þair pomp oway pas.
- (1449) Will Sus.in Sus.RS 43207 : My body shal be buried..wiy [read: wiþ] out pompe, vayne glorye, or excessyve costis.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.351 : O pompe elate..loke how that she..lowly in a stable..satte.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)40/23 : As sodeinly as thei aryse to the high pompes, as sodeinly thei fall from their estate.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)4400 : Ȝit shal he kepe him euery tide Wiþ-oute pompe, boste, or pride.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)158 : Many sinful men..þinkiþ it were muche for hem To haue..gret los of pompe and pride.
- c1330 Body & S.(5) (Auch)p.28 : Riche men for pamp and pride, Largeliche of þine þou ȝaf.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.193 : Of pompe and of pruyde: þe parchemyn decorreth.
- (1415) EEWills23/22 : I woll that..my enterement be holde with oute pompe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.608 : Þis cite..Hadde sexe gatis..with square toures set on euery syde, At whos corners, of verray pompe & pride, Þe werkmen han..set vp gret ymages.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)190 : Wrecches schul ther hondes wryng, That were so ful of pompe and pryde.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)402/29 : He schewiþ it wiþ myche curiouste..for to speke wiþ gay wordis of pompe.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3775 : Now wendeth this ost..Ful wel araied with noble men..Forth thei ride with pope [read: pompe] & pride.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)17485 : All was poynted with pomp and pryd.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)54/107 : Rych men do showe oftyn tyme pompe and pride On halydays.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)186/15 : Theis said marchauntes ought to be of honest and clene lyfe withoute pompe or pryde.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.189 : Þe makyng of chirchis and þe ornamentys and þe seruyse..were don..mor for pompe and pride of þis world..nouȝt for deuocion.
c
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)157/2 : O anaged and enrooted norycing of delites and pompes, soo long haue ye mysturned and made soft and tendre the corages of the men.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)197/15 : Your vnresonable pompes, your tendre idelnesse anoynted with delices..hath allredy mysturned your wyttes.
d
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.39 : Sche dede awey þe pompe [Higd.(2): pryde; L pompa] of þe worlde, and dede..harde penaunce.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.525 : He wayted after no pompe and reuerence.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)288 : What is al þe pompe of þis world in richesse or iolyte but a boturflye?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2685 : This lives Pompe is all his pes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2247 : Ther duelleth he..As he which wolde so defie The worldes pompe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.66 : God to alle good folke suche grauynge defendeth..On auenture pruyde be peynted þere and pompe of þe worlde.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)409/16 : Alle siche..kepen perfeccioun of þe counceilis..refusinge richessis & wordli pompis.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)18.11 : Mare ere to luf the domes of god than all the pompes of this warld.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.500 : I ioiyd noght in pompe & vaynglory bot..in ihu.
- c1450 Elegy Tomb Cromwell (Clg A.2)9 : Nought may prevayle pompys ne prosperyte, Honoure ne hele.
e
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4665 : At þe fonte, seyþ þe lewed man, 'Y forsake þe here, Satan, And alle þy pompes [F pompes del deable] and all thy werkys.'
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)42/5 : Þenk what couenaunt þou madest whanne þou were baptized..to forsake þe deuel and alle his werkis and alle his pompes.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)380/24 : In resceyuynge of..baptisme he promitteþ to forsake & renounce þe deuel & þe world & delicis & alle hise pompis.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3397 : Satanas he forsok as hys fone, All hys ponpe [read: pompe] and al hys werke.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)26/9 : Hast nat þou mynde of the othe..whanne thou receyuedist the holy bapteme, where thou forsokest all pompes and decepcions of the enemy?
2.
A feeling of arrogance or vanity; arrogance, pride; ~ and pride.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.473 : Alisaundre lefte of al pompe and pride [Higd.(2): his pride; L pompa] and come to Dindimus his feet.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.405 : Veyne glorie is for to haue pompe and delit in temporel heynesse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.928 : Hir goost was euere in pleyn humylitee..No pompe, no semblant of realtee.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27336 : He teche Hu þe man and hu þe wiue Sal siet quen þai þam cum to scrife, Meke, wit-vten pompe and pride.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)18552 : Þe princis als his ful faes Wiþ pompe & pride againe him ras.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4134 : He thouȝt he wolde þe grete pompe aswage Of hem of Troye.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.1411 : For a pompe..Thei..ther wyues..set..up on an hih mounteyn, That they manhod myhte in the feeld be seyn.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14048 : So was he sett in pomp and prid.
- a1450 Þow þu be kyng (Sln 2593)p.240 : Man, ber not thi hed to heye in pumpe and pride and velonye.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)31.12 : In lesse and in mare tribulacioun streyn thaire chekis, that is, thaire foly and thaire pompe in speche, fordo it, that neghis noght til the in meknes.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)626 : Pryncis buried in gold nor precious ston, Shuld, of no pompe, ther suggetis nat despise.
3.
?As surname.
Associated quotations
- (c1200) Cart.Oseney in OHS 89107 : Rogero Pumpe.
- (1233-4) Cart.Oseney in OHS 89139 : Rogerus Pompe.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10245 : Rado Pump.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham848 : Thys onhappy sowle, by the vyctory[o]se pompys of her enmyes, was goyng to be broughte into helle.
Note: Glossary: "pompys n. pl. 'parades, processions'."
Note: Cf. OED pomp, n.1 2. a. 'A triumphal or ceremonial procession or train; a pageant; a splendid show or display along a line of march.'
Note: New sense, perh. related to (c).