Cortege Definition

kôrtesh, kôrtāsh
noun
The group of attendants accompanying a person; retinue.
Webster's New World
A ceremonial procession.
American Heritage
A ceremonial procession, as at a funeral.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cortege

Noun

Singular:
cortege
Plural:
corteges, cortges

Origin of Cortege

  • French cortège from Old Italian corteggio from corteggiare to pay honor from corte court from Latin cohors cohort- throng gher-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French cortège.

    From Wiktionary

Cortege Sentence Examples

  • The gun carriage was also used for Princess Diana's funeral cortege in 1997.

  • Hundreds of local people attended and followed the cortege the three miles to the cemetery at Leazes for the interment.

  • He saw the cortege in the light of the gas lamp leading the procession.

  • The crowds that lined the Dublin footpaths to watch the cortege were honoring the Revolutionary soldier.

  • The Royal Scyths who followed the body were accustomed to cut about their faces and arms, and each tribe that the cortege met upon its way had to join it and conform to this expression of grief.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

EGEEGE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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