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Meanings of cortege in English

Portuguese
comitiva
Catalan
seguici

The group following and attending to some important person.

        comitiva
        Usage of cortege in English
        1
        The night before the funeral showed the probable character of the cortege.
        The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
        2
        Colonel Conger pushed on immediately for Washington; the cortege was to follow.
        The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
        3
        When the sorrowing cortege reached Pallanteum, the whole city was in mourning.
        Story of Aeneas
        4
        On the left of it, as the cortege advanced, was the palace.
        A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History ...
        5
        The people, like madmen, rushed through the streets behind the imperial cortege.
        Prince Eugene and His Times
        6
        The cortege, impeded by the throng, moved slowly toward the imperial palace.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        7
        Accompanied by a brilliant cortege, the prince set out for the palace.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        8
        The funeral cortege- asolemnline of panoplied boats, started from the palace.
        Tarrano the Conqueror
        9
        A carriage belonging to the cortege turned round close to a lamp.
        A Pair of Blue Eyes
        10
        Priests stood at each side performing mysterious rites as the cortege proceeded.
        Round the World
        11
        Every exit had been cut off to bottle up the Imperial cortege.
        Despoilers of the Golden Empire
        12
        People don't care if a funeral cortege is going through their town.
        The Irish Times
        13
        The cortege was also applauded into Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's magnificent cathedral.
        The Guardian
        14
        The noble cortege, after the first day's hunt, continued on its journey.
        In the Court of King Arthur
        15
        The pompous cortege of the Cardinal halted at the beginning of the camp.
        Cinq Mars — Volume 2
        16
        The cook is on the stairs and beholds the little cortege.
        David Lockwin—The People's Idol
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        Cortege through the time
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