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Cop⋅tic

  [kop-tik]
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–noun
1. an Afroasiatic language of Egypt descended from ancient Egyptian, largely extinct as a spoken language since the 16th century but surviving as the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Coptic or the Copts.
Origin:
1670–80; Copt + -ic
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Cop·tic   (kŏp'tĭk)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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