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cor·tege

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–noun

1.	a procession, esp. a ceremonial one: a funeral cortege.

2.	a line or train of attendants; retinue.

Also, cor·tège.

[Origin: 1670–80; < F < It corteggio courtly retinue, deriv. of corteggiare to court, itself deriv. of corte court

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cor·tege also cor·tège Audio Help (kôr-tězh') Pronunciation Key
n.

A train of attendants, as of a distinguished person; a retinue.
1. A ceremonial procession.
2. A funeral procession.

[French cortège, from Old Italian corteggio, from corteggiare, to pay honor, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-, throng; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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cortege

1649, "train of attendants," from Fr. cortège (16c.), from It. corteggio "retinue," from corte "court," from L. cohortem (see court).

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cortege
noun
1.	a funeral procession
2.	the group following and attending to some important person

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cortège [koːˈteʒ] noun

a procession, especially at a funeral

Arabic:	مَوْكِب جَنائِزي
Chinese (Simplified):	送葬人行列
Chinese (Traditional):	送葬人行列
Dutch:	(rouw)stoet
Estonian:	matuserongkäik
French:	cortège
German:	die Prozession
Greek:	πομπή, συνοδεία
Indonesian:	iring-iringan
Italian:	corteo

Japanese:	行列
Lithuanian:	kortežas
Polish:	kondukt, orszak
Portuguese (Brazil):	cortejo
Portuguese (Portugal):	procissão
Russian:	(похоронный) кортеж
Spanish:	cortejo, comitiva
Swedish:	kortege, tåg
Turkish:	alay, kortej