a. (sb.) [mod. f. COPT + -IC.]

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  1.  Of or pertaining to the Copts.

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1678.  Butler, Hud., III. ii. 1585. And from their Coptick Priest, Kirkerus, Found out this Mystick way to jear us.

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1792.  Gentl. Mag., LXII. II. 981. An exact copy of an antient Coptic alphabet.

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1849.  Lane, Mod. Egypt., II. 325. Confession is required of all members of the Coptic church.

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  2.  sb. The language of the Copts.

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1711.  Addison, Spect., No. 69, ¶ 2. I am not versed in the Modern Coptick.

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1849.  Lane, Mod. Egypt., II. 312. The Coptic has become a dead language, understood by very few persons.

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