Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Coptic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coptic \Cop"tic\ (k[o^]p"t[i^]k), a. [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius
an Egyptian, Gr. ?, Ar. kibt[=i], pl. kibt.]
Of or pertaining to the Copts. -- n. The language of the
Copts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Coptic
adj : of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or
art; "the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century
Christian Egypt" [syn: {Coptic}]
n : the liturgical language of the Coptic Church of Egypt and
Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet [syn: {Coptic}]
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