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cortège noun [ kɔːˈteɪʒ ]

• a solemn procession, especially for a funeral.
• "a funeral cortège"
Similar: procession, parade, cavalcade, motorcade, carcade, convoy, caravan, train, column, file, line, trail, chain, rank, troop, march-past, crocodile,
Origin: mid 17th century: from French, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare ‘attend court’, from corte ‘court’, from Latin cohors, cohort- ‘retinue’.


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