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cortege

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cor·tege also cor·tège  (kôr-tzh)
n.
1. A train of attendants, as of a distinguished person; a retinue.
2.
a. A ceremonial procession.
b. A funeral procession.
[French cortège, from Old Italian corteggio, from corteggiare, to pay honor, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-, throng; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
cortege [kore-tayzh]
Noun
a funeral procession [Italian corteggio]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cortegecortege - a funeral procession
procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"
2.cortegecortege - the group following and attending to some important person
entourage, retinue, suite
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person
royal court, court - the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
cortege
noun procession, train, entourage, cavalcade, retinue, suite
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The cortege proceeded to Notre Dame, where a Te Deum was chanted.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Already numbers of the citizens whose houses were furnished as if for a siege, having nothing more to do, donned their festive clothes and directed their course towards the city gate, in order to be the first to signal or see the cortege.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
In the centre of this pacific and fragrant cortege the black tulip was seen, carried on a litter, which was covered with white velvet and fringed with gold.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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