Coptic

Cop·tic  (kptk)

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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Coptic

Noun

the language of the Copts, descended from Ancient Egyptian and surviving only in the Coptic Church

Adjective

of the Copts or the Coptic Church

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Coptic - the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet Egyptian - the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
Adj.	1.	Coptic - of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art; "the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt"