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Coptic is an adjective referring to the original inhabitants of Egypt, the Copts. it can refer to: See also: The word Copt signifies the natives of Egypt as a nationality, and in popular common culture in Egypt it is used to specifically signify Christian Egyptians, although its use to mean Egyptian is not unwitnessed. ...
Christ - Coptic Art Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the indigenous form of Christianity that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in Egypt in the middle of the 1st century AD (approximately AD 60). ...
The Coptic Language is the last phase of the Egyptian languages, and is the direct descendant of the ancient Egyptian language written in the hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts. ...
Coptic letters in a florid Bohairic script The Coptic alphabet is an alphabet used for writing the Coptic language. ...
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian Calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. ...
Coptic music is music that is played in the Coptic Orthodox Church (of Egypt). ...
Webster's 1828 Dictionary Definition from Webster's 1828 Dictionary:
COP'TIC, adjective Pertaining to the descendants of the ancient Egyptians, called Copts, or Cophti, as distinct from the Arabians and other inhabitants of modern Egypt. The name is supposed to be taken from Coptos, the metropolis of the Thebaid; as Egypt, A, is probably from that name; Sanscrit, agupta, inclosed, fortified. So Misraim and Mazor are from to inclose, to bind, to fortify. Whatever may be the origin of Copt, the adjective Coptic now refers to the people called Copts, who are Christians, and to their language.
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