cortege
noun
cor·tege kȯr-ˈtezh 
ˈkȯr-ˌtezh
variants or less commonly cortège
1
: a train of attendants : retinue
2
: procession
especially : a funeral procession
Synonyms
- entourage
- following
- posse
- retinue
- suite
- tail
- train
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Example Sentences
the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks
Recent Examples on the Web As the funeral cortege passed the palace, the monarch led her family out to the gates. 
Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022 The funeral cortege arrived from Mironov’s hometown, Novomoskovsk, where mourners gathered outside his home to pay respects before setting off for the cemetery. Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 The assault occurred outside a hospital in East Jerusalem, where Ms. Abu Akleh’s body had been kept since another memorial on Thursday, and where hundreds had gathered to witness the start of her funeral cortege. New York Times, 13 May 2022 And two other crossings, the old Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown, and the former Highway Bridge at 14th Street, had to be used by the cortege and the crowds to reach the cemetery. Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2021 The procession is solemn, a funeral cortege in words, all the more poignant for the absence of public remembrances. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021 At dusk, after climbing along the switchbacks that wind through Guatemala’s western highlands, the cortege of vehicles carrying 12 of the coffins arrived in Comitancillo. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021 This important book reads like the slow passing of a long and demented cortege. New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020 Passions were running so high that more than fifty people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede around the funeral cortege. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020 See More
Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022 The funeral cortege arrived from Mironov’s hometown, Novomoskovsk, where mourners gathered outside his home to pay respects before setting off for the cemetery. Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 The assault occurred outside a hospital in East Jerusalem, where Ms. Abu Akleh’s body had been kept since another memorial on Thursday, and where hundreds had gathered to witness the start of her funeral cortege. New York Times, 13 May 2022 And two other crossings, the old Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown, and the former Highway Bridge at 14th Street, had to be used by the cortege and the crowds to reach the cemetery. Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2021 The procession is solemn, a funeral cortege in words, all the more poignant for the absence of public remembrances. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021 At dusk, after climbing along the switchbacks that wind through Guatemala’s western highlands, the cortege of vehicles carrying 12 of the coffins arrived in Comitancillo. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021 This important book reads like the slow passing of a long and demented cortege. New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020 Passions were running so high that more than fifty people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede around the funeral cortege. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
French cortège, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare to court, from corte court, from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure — more at court
First Known Use
1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1
cortege
noun
variants also cortège
1
as in entourage
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- entourage
- retinue
- posse
- following
- suite
- personnel
- crew
- staff
- train
- tail
- assistant
- attendant
- court
- helper
- retainer
2
as in procession
a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks Synonyms & Similar Words
- procession
- parade
- progress
- train
- column
- string
- line
- callithump