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Cop•tic



Pronunciation: (kop'tik), [key]
—n.
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.

—adj.
of or pertaining to Coptic or the Copts.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

copterCoptic Church
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