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cortege - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

cortege (plural corteges)

  • A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
    • ✤ 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 two1

Etymology

Borrowed from French cortège.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɔɹˈtɛʒ/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈkɔɹ.tɛʒ/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Audio (US): 🔊

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Footnotes

  1. 1660 February 3 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 24th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC: ↩

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