COPTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coptic mean? 

• COPTIC (noun)
  The noun COPTIC has 1 sense:

1. the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet

  Familiarity information: COPTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• COPTIC (adjective)
  The adjective COPTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art

  Familiarity information: COPTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Coptic" is a kind of...):

Egyptian (the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC)

Derivation:

Coptic (of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art)

• COPTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the distinctive Coptic art of 6th-century Christian Egypt

Pertainym:

Copt (a member of the Coptic Church)

Derivation:

Copt (a member of the Coptic Church)

Copt (an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians)

Coptic (the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet)

 Context examples 

It is my analysis of the documents found in the Coptic monasteries of Syria and Egypt, a work which will cut deep at the very foundation of revealed religion.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)