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Italian flower given to politician in ceremony (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pomp

'ceremony' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'italian flower given to politician' is the wordplay.
'italian flower' becomes 'Po' (Italian river - something which flows).
'given to' says to put letters next to each other.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'po'+'mp'='POMP'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pomp that I've seen before include "Grandiosity" , "Great ceremony" , "Ostentatious ceremony" , "Stately and splendid display" , "Stately display, goes with ceremony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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