Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Copts, as distinct from the Arabians and other inhabitants of modern Egypt. See II.
- noun A Copt.
- noun The language of the Copts, descended from the ancient Egyptian (of the Hamitic family of languages), and used in Egypt till within the last two centuries, but now superseded as a living language by Arabic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Copts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Copts , Coptic Orthodox Church or to the Copticlanguage . - noun The Coptic
language ofEgypt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet
- adjective of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Coptic.
Examples
-
The Egyptian Christians were known as Copts, and their church was referred to as Coptic.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
-
The Egyptian Christians were known as Copts, and their church was referred to as Coptic.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
-
The Egyptian Christians were known as Copts, and their church was referred to as Coptic.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
-
There is the Greek Liturgy of St. Mark, the oldest form of the three, used for some centuries after the Monophysite schism by the orthodox Melchites; there are then three liturgies, still used by the Copts, translated into Coptic from the Greek and derived from the Greek St. Mark, and, further, a number of Abyssinian (Ethiopic) uses, of which the foundation is the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
-
The word Coptic, for instance, had now its proper significance in her mind, and the terms dynasty and century were no longer jumbled hopelessly together.
There was a King in Egypt Norma Lorimer 1906
-
"And" is omitted in Coptic and Andreas with English Version, but is inserted by A, B, Vulgate and Syriac. blessed -- (Re 1: 3).
-
Ba’albak = Ba’al (the God) - city (bek in Coptic and ancient Egyptian.)
-
Damietta branch, the old Sebennytus (in Coptic Jem-nuti = Jem the
-
"Even the word Coptic derives from the Greek for Egyptian.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
-
(By dah way, dis be da 6th day of Baramhat), and we haz a lot of fasting; the ancient Egyptian language used at the time when Christianity arrived – called Coptic – is used in da services (along with Arabic and English).
I no can has cheezburger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.