coptic

Definition of Coptic in English :

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Noun

1. coptic

the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet

Adjective

2. coptic

of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art

Example Sentences:
'the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Coptic

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noun

1.

an Afro-Asiatic language, written in the Greek alphabet but descended from ancient Egyptian. It was extinct as a spoken language by about 1600 ad but survives in the Coptic Church

adjective

2.

of or relating to this language

3.

of or relating to the Copts

Coptic

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noun

1.

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

adjective

2.

of the Copts or their language or culture

3.

of the Coptic Church

Coptic

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n.

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

adj.

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

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