Meaning of Cortege | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
2. Alternative spelling of cortege.
   alt-of, alternative

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Examples

“Upon the morrow after their marriage, the bride and bridegroom perambulate the streets, followed by a numerous cortege, the guests at the wedding festival, two and two”

“On Madame de Mercœur's arrival at the palace she found the carriage and guards in waiting, the Queen having decided that she would do her niece the honour of going to meet her. ...The cortège proceeded about a mile, when a courier announced the Princess's approach, who arrived almost as soon. The carriage, which was at full gallop, stopped suddenly; the guards deployed round, and Mademoiselle alighted.”

“We crowd outside to wait for the funeral cortège. We know this is an important death.”

“The heart of the ceremony remains the parade of nations: the world shrunk to an hourlong cortège, when athletic prowess takes a back seat to country-by-country voguing.”

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