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Coptic

(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

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

adjective

of the Copts or their language or culture
of the Coptic Church

See Coptic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts, which survives only as a liturgical language of the Coptic Church.

adjective

Of or relating to the Copts, the Coptic Church, or the Coptic language.

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