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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope