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cor⋅tege

  [kawr-tezh, -teyzh]
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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   (kôr-tězh')   
n.  

  1. 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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