Thesaurus results for CORTEGE

cortege

noun

kȯr-ˈtezh

variants also cortège

Definition of cortege

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

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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

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Recent Examples of cortege The funeral cortege carried a purple floral arrangement that spelled out the Grammy winner’s name on either side, topped off by a purple and black cross. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025 His family and cortege visited Broad Street, where the Black Sabbath Bridge and bench became a makeshift memorial of flowers and cards. — Marina Watts, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Osbourne’s funeral cortege paraded past the Black Sabbath Bridge during his July 30 funeral in Birmingham, just weeks after Ozzy’s final performance at the all-star Back to the Beginning charity concert. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025 Christopher Furlong/Christopher Furlong Fans hold up flowers and mobile phones prior to Ozzy Osbourne's funeral cortege traveling through his home city of Birmingham on July 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cortege

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Noun

Gabriella paid off most of his entourage to leave him and the band alone and is now basically his own private Joe Jackson, pressuring him to record nonstop.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

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When Khomeini’s coffin began moving in a convoy, mourners surged towards it, causing a crowd crush and forcing the funeral procession to be abandoned, according to ISNA.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Five cities After mourners visited Khamenei's casket through the weekend, a funeral procession was set to take the body to the city of Qom.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026

Definition of procession

Noun

The record-breaking heat wave forced the cancellation of several parades and other events in the area.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Officials are urging anyone attending parades, concerts and fireworks shows to stay hydrated, take breaks in the shade and monitor local weather conditions.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026

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