Word: pomp
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...display of power and pomp, a cavalcade of retainers and richly housed palfreys, nor by gorgeous apparel, that the heretics win proselytes. It is by zealous preaching, by apostolic humility, by austerity. Zeal must be met by zeal, humility by humility, false sanctity by real sanctity, preaching falsehood by preaching truth. Sow the good seed as the heretics sow the bad. Cast off those sumptuous robes. Send away those brightly caparisoned palfreys. Go barefoot, without purse or scrip, like the apostles...
...gold in place of silver, a crown of gold and rubies for the pearl-and-diamond one. As each vestment was presented to him on a velvet-covered silver salver, the Patriarch reverently kissed it. For the last time the acolytes came forward with the salver. Typically Russian pomp turned to typically Russian casualness. The Patriarch did not kiss the object he took from the salver; it was not sacred. He simply picked up the large yellow, celluloid comb (lacking three teeth) and combed the patriarchal hair and beard in full view of the congregation...
Graduation will cover a five-day span of pomp and tradition for the first time since 1941, culminating on June 5 with the awarding of 2,317 degrees, David M. Little '18, Secretary to the University, announced yesterday...
...chief meeting place of the college, and was always much in use during big celebrations such as Class Day and Exhibition Day. Dignitaries from the outside world, including La Fayette, James Monroe, and Andrew Jackson, frequently were received in the chapel. When Jackson came, there was much pomp and celebration, probably more to the pleasure of the students than of the President, for "an oration in Latin" by an undergraduate was followed immediately by an address in Latin by President Kirkland, and Andrew must have had a time of it following the gist of things...
...hotbed of nationalist sentiment, royalty met "General" Hendrik Marsh, whose fascistic Ossewa Brandwag organization's purposes have ranged from sabotaging the British war effort to outlawing Santa Claus as a British imperialist importation.* Said Marsh afterward: "The Royal Family captured us completely by their gracious simplicity. We expected pomp. Now that I've met Their Majesties, I'd personally like to ask them to stay here...