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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

Browse dictionary entries near Coptic

  1. ‹ copter
  2. ‹ Copt
  3. ‹ copse
  4. ‹ coprophilia
  5. ‹ coprophagous
  6. ‹ coprology
  7. ‹ coprolite
  8. ‹ coprocessor
  9. ‹ copro-
  10. ‹ copra
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