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coptic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for coptic.

Editorial note

Like Coptic Christians who badmouthed Mubarak in Egypt, they didn't know how good they really had it.

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Quick take

The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of coptic gathered in one view.

noun

The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or to the Coptic language.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for coptic.

noun

The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or to the Coptic language.

Example sentences

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Like Coptic Christians who badmouthed Mubarak in Egypt, they didn't know how good they really had it.

2

Google for the rest of your life, call the Egyptian embassy in your country and summon the expat Coptic community.

3

There is another interesting story about Coptic Christians in Egypt, pigs, and organic waste collection.

4

The Coptic Christian community in Egypt-- which numbers in the millions and predates the arrival of Islam-- raises pigs and eats pork.

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The second fragment is a Coptic translation of (parts of) John 6:11-14.

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Here is a quest: Find ONE Egyptian coptic recipe with pork.

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>> It would be like Egypt appointing a Coptic Christian to be its army chief of staff.

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See the killing of Coptic Christians in Egypt.

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(Previous Egyptian calendars had a fixed 5 day intercalary festival.) It is still used by the Coptic church and parts of Egypt.

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It's been a while, but I've taken a class on Dharmic religions, and another on Middle Eastern Religions (mostly Islam, Judaism, and Coptic Orthodox Church).

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[2] Coptic percentage of the entire Egyptian population.

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Insofar as Coptic Christian moral narrative may be used, as an example, as justification for some activity or funding, one will know to look to see if that activity or funding has been a long-standing objective or has been proposed and denied before due to a lack of public support.

Quote examples

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There are a bunch of good documentaries about "Desert Fathers/Christians/Monks/etc." on Youtube about monks from the Coptic Christian Church in the Egyptian Desert.

2

Nope, "Egypt's Christians are divided over a piece of advice given by Pope Shenouda III, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who urged followers not to eat pork over health reasons." All the quotes are from Egyptians including several church leaders in Egypt.

3

"ISO" in this context refers to the ISO 8601 calendar, as opposed to the Chinese calendar, the Hebrew Calendar, the Coptic calendar, the Persian calendar, one of several Islamic calendars, and of course the Gregorian calendar which is effectively the same as ISO 8601 except the former uses BC/AD eras.

Proper noun examples

1

And eventually, the Egyptians wrote their language using a modified Greek alphabet ultimately derived from their hieroglyphs (Coptic).

2

The approach in Eastern Christianity (pre-Great Schism groups such as the Orthodox, Coptic, and others) is generally that of Apophatic or Negative theology.

3

Orthodox, Coptic, and other pre-Great Schism Christians fast twice a week (Wednesdays and Fridays), where fasting is defined as eating only vegetables and grains.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use coptic in a sentence?

Like Coptic Christians who badmouthed Mubarak in Egypt, they didn't know how good they really had it.

What does coptic mean?

The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

What part of speech is coptic?

coptic is commonly used as noun, adjective.