Coptic
noun
adjective
Origin of Coptic
Examples from the Web for coptic
Contemporary Examples of coptic
The fragment is written in Coptic, not Greek, and is not actually from the Bible, as the title would indicate.
He tentatively suggested that the text is a pastiche compiled by a modern forger with an elementary grasp of Coptic.
Pharaonic scenes, Muslim symbols, poetry, and Coptic icons—great vivid murals bloomed onto the walls.
I met him at the Coptic Hospital when I went to visit the Maspero injured.
And Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri accused Coptic Pope Tawadros II of wanting to establish a Coptic state in Egypt.
Historical Examples of coptic
A Hollander, might just as well have chanted modern Greek, or Coptic.
Arthur O'LearyCharles James Lever
Among other interesting places they visited was a Coptic church.
Great African TravellersW.H.G. Kingston
It was used, for example, by the early Coptic Christians to supplement tapestry.
Art in NeedleworkLewis F. Day
His translations from the Armenian, Georgian and Coptic were numerous.
Those Coptic dogs, those eaters of carrion, have fled in the night.
Tales of Secret EgyptSax Rohmer