Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Copt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Copts \Copts\ (k[o^]pts"), n. pl.; sing. {Copt}. [See {Coptic}.]
(Etnol.)
1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient
Egyptians.
2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley
of the Nile.
Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite
Christians, and for eleven centuries have had
possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Copt
n 1: an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians [syn: {Copt}]
2: a member of the Coptic Church [syn: {Copt}]
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