cortege
/kɔrˈtɛʒ/
noun
- A funeral procession, or a line of people or vehicles moving slowly in a formal way, especially at a funeral.
- The president's cortege included dozens of vehicles and motorcycle escorts.
- Mourners lined the streets as the funeral cortege passed by.
- The cortege of black cars slowly made its way to the cemetery.
- A group of people who accompany or follow an important person; a retinue.
- A small cortege of advisors followed the general into the meeting room.
- The celebrity's cortege of assistants and stylists filled the hotel lobby.
- The queen arrived with a large cortege of servants and guards.
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