Converse of object

• pass: On the funeral of a villager all curtains were drawn on the route to the church as the funeral cortege passed by.

• follow: Hundreds of local people attended and followed the cortege the three miles to the cemetery at Leazes for the interment.

• see: He saw the cortege in the light of the gas lamp leading the procession.

• escort: Six police motorcyclists will escort the cortege to Stormont with two police cars following at the rear.

• form: As his funeral cortege formed up outside his home, the police concluded that a paramilitary show of strength was about to take place.

• watch: The crowds that lined the Dublin footpaths to watch the cortege were honoring the Revolutionary soldier.

Adjective modifier

• funeral: The gun carriage was also used for Princess Diana's funeral cortege in 1997.