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cortege

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Death
cor·tege /kɔːˈteɪʒ $ kɔːrˈteʒ/ noun [countable]  MXa line of people or cars that move along slowly in a funeral 送葬行列
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cortegeThere was no service at his funeral: no pallbearers, no priests, no official mourners, no creeping cortege.On its way to the churchyard, the funeral cortege passed Gary Manning's favourite pub.The funeral cortege must have been ten blocks long, cruising across the city at a measured pace.He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete.He took off his cap as the cortege passed.As the cortege reached George Square in the heart of Glasgow, the crowd watched silently until some one broke into applause.Sportsmen, journalists, newspaper photographers and local political figures were among the many walking in the cortege.What struck me was the music in the funeral parade, the cortege, the boots backward in the stirrups.
Origin cortege (1600-1700) French cortège, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare to attend the royal court, from corte court; from the idea of a group of people following an important person around, as at court
cor·tege nounChineseSyllable
cars Corpus of that people or a move line


cortege
cortege /kɔːˈteɪʒ $ kɔːrˈteʒ/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: cortège, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare 'to attend the royal court', from corte 'court'; from the idea of a group of people following an important person around, as at court
a line of people or cars that move along slowly in a funeral


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