Cortege is an English word with synonyms like procession or retinue. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cortege in a sentence
Cortege meaning
A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
Synonyms of Cortege
Using Cortege
- The main meaning on this page is: A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
- Useful related words include: procession, retinue, suite, entourage.
- In the example corpus, cortege often appears in combinations such as: funeral cortege, the cortege, cortege will.
Context around Cortege
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cortege
- In this selection, "cortege" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, funeral, cemetery, arriving, ended and travelled stand out and add context to how "cortege" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the funeral cortege will leave and a cortege will begin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cortege" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cortege
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Then he accompanies the reduced funeral cortege to the gravesite. (10 words)
At Buxton they halted his cortege on its way to Berbice to pay due respect. (15 words)
The photographs of the funeral cortege and at the gravesides are a visual testimony to this. (16 words)
The cortege will leave McNulty Funeral Home, 25 New North Parade on Friday 22nd September for service at St Patrick's Church, New North Road at 12.15pm, followed by private family committal. (33 words)
The cortege is to travel along the seafront in Bray, starting at the Harbour Bar and continuing to the other end of the Strand Road – before continuing on to a private burial. (32 words)
Hundreds of mourners, and their pets, turned out in the village of Aldington to view the cortege and say farewell to the host of ITV's For the Love of Dogs. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A cortege will begin at the base of the Royal Mile and arrive at the cathedral for the service to begin at 12.30pm.
Hundreds of mourners, and their pets, turned out in the village of Aldington to view the cortege and say farewell to the host of ITV's For the Love of Dogs.
Interment thereafter at Comrie Cemetery, cortege arriving 12 Noon, please wear bright colours at the family’s request.
Scores of bikers provided an escort to the funeral cortege, after word spread on social media, with members of the Thurrock Bikers group accompanying the hearse to Basildon Crematorium.
Some have speculated that it was built for Alexander but not used due to Ptolemy I Soter having seized the funeral cortege.
The cortege is to travel along the seafront in Bray, starting at the Harbour Bar and continuing to the other end of the Strand Road – before continuing on to a private burial.
The cortege will leave McNulty Funeral Home, 25 New North Parade on Friday 22nd September for service at St Patrick's Church, New North Road at 12.15pm, followed by private family committal.
The funeral cortege will leave Arlington Funeral Home on Thursday 23rd November for service and cremation at Carmountisde Crematorium at 10.30am.
The funeral cortege will leave Margaret's home at 11am and will make its way to up to the village terminus and back, for those who wish to pay their respects.
The photographs of the funeral cortege and at the gravesides are a visual testimony to this.
Ahead of the mass, players from Gorman’s beloved Sligo Rovers accompanied his cortege to the church and formed a line outside as his coffin was carried inside.
At Buxton they halted his cortege on its way to Berbice to pay due respect.
Cortege to leave residence on Friday 11th October at 1.40pm, for service at St Michael & All Angels 2pm, prior to private cremation.
In this context, you start to understand why a photograph showing the corgis waiting for her funeral cortege ended up as one of that day’s most poignant images.
Mourners lined parts of the route in silent tribute as the funeral cortege travelled from Watergrasshill to the Island Crematorium in Ringaskiddy.
The procession of motorbikes and the cortege will go through Kilbirnie and onwards towards the Clyde Coast and Garnock Valley Crematorium for a 3pm service.
Last week, Chantelle’s heartbroken parents said her friends will be able to say their final farewells as her funeral cortege passes by her school.
She said that in the things the organisers could control - such as the size of the cortege and the numbers inside the church - the regulations were observed.
The motorised funeral cortege then drove his body to the Bella Vista cemetery on the outskirts of the city, where he will be buried in a private ceremony.
Then he accompanies the reduced funeral cortege to the gravesite.
Common combinations with cortege
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: