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cortege

[kawr-tezh, -teyzh] / kɔrˈtɛʒ, -ˈteɪʒ /
NOUN
procession
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Hundreds of mourners followed the cortege from Ms Doherty's parents' home to Holy Family chapel in Ballymagroarty.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

As the cortege entered the church, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau was sung and the first hymn was Cwm Rhondda.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Hundreds of fans gathered outside the cathedral and applauded as the cortege arrived, preceded by a guard of scooter riders as The Stone Roses track I Wanna Be Adored played on speakers.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

It led a cortege of numerous other lorries, as people lined the streets to pay their respects.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

The six hundred carriages in Carter Harrison’s cortege stretched for miles.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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