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Coptic definition

Cop·tic (käp′tik)

noun

the Afroasiatic language of the Copts, derived from ancient Egyptian and attested from the 3d cent. : now used only in the ritual of the Coptic Church

Etymology: ModL Coptus, earlier Cophtus < Ar Quft, Qift, the Copts < Coptic Gyptios < Gr Aigyptios, Egyptian

adjective

  1. of the Copts or their language or culture
  2. of the Coptic Church

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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