cortege
Mourners walking together
A cortege is a solemn procession, especially one accompanying a coffin to burial: The funeral cortege wound through the streets.
The word extends to any formal procession of attendants or vehicles, as when following a dignitary.
Also spelled cortège, preserving the French accent.
Vehicle transporting caskets
- mournersThose lamenting a death
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- processionFormal moving line
- eulogyTribute for the dead
interment · cemetery · graveyard · bereavement · wake · obituary · condolences · grief
Ceremonial public procession
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- cavalcadeCeremonial traveling procession
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- caravanTraveling group with goods
march · column · train · line · marchers · pilgrimage · promenade · advance
Attendants of dignitaries
- attendantsPeople who assist others
- followersPeople who support someone
- companionsThose who accompany
- aidesSubordinate staff members
staff · bodyguards · delegation · advisers · escort · posse · cohorts · assistants
Elaborate ceremonial display
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- tributeOffering of respect
homage · observance · tradition · inauguration · coronation · investiture · consecration · commemoration
hearse
Vehicle transporting caskets
- mournersThose lamenting a death
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- processionFormal moving line
eulogy · interment · cemetery · graveyard · bereavement · wake · obituary · condolences · grief · memorial
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- cavalcadeCeremonial traveling procession
- convoyGuarded traveling group
caravan · march · column · train · line · marchers · pilgrimage · promenade · advance · progression
retinue
Attendants of dignitaries
- attendantsPeople who assist others
- followersPeople who support someone
- companionsThose who accompany
aides · staff · bodyguards · delegation · advisers · escort · posse · cohorts · assistants · disciples
pageantry
Elaborate ceremonial display
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
tribute · homage · observance · tradition · inauguration · coronation · investiture · consecration · commemoration · convocation
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- paradesparade, marching bands, parade floats, floats, parade float
- processionsparade, procession, march, funeral procession, military parade
- funeralfuneral, burial, funeral home, funeral director, casket
- funeral processionhearse, funeral procession, pallbearers, pallbearer, mourners
cortegeparade
Ceremonial public procession
celebration · carnival · victory march · triumphal procession · victory parade