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Meaning of COPTIC

Pronunciation:  'kâptik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the liturgical language of the Coptic Church of Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet
  2. [adj]  of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art; "the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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