Word: pomp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wearing a dark business suit beneath his pomp-and-circumstantial ermine-trimmed scarlet robes, Prince Charles last week took his seat in the House of Lords. After swearing allegiance to both his mother and himself ("Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors"), the prince self-consciously donned the floppy black Cap of Maintenance. Then, like any mere peer, Charles retreated backstage and bummed a cigarette...