cortege

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a formal or ceremonial procession, especially at a funeral, wedding, or royal occasion

   The funeral cortege moved slowly through the silent streets.

2. 2
   noun

   a group of attendants accompanying an important person

   The ambassador arrived with a cortege of advisers and guards.

Borrowed from French cortège ("retinue, procession"), from Italian corteggio, based on corte ("court"). The accented spelling cortège is especially common in British English; cortege is also standard.

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