Associations to the word «Coptic»

Wiktionary

COPTIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or to the Coptic language.
COPTIC, noun. The Coptic language of Egypt.
COPTIC CHURCH, proper noun. An Orthodox Church based in Egypt

Dictionary definition

COPTIC, noun. The liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet.
COPTIC, adjective. Of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art; "the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King