Coptic
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- noun
- /ˈkɒptɪk/
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copto
- Clare was a graduate student, older than I was and much farther along in the study of the Nag Hammadi manuscripts—she was advanced enough in Coptic actually to be able to help our professors in translating the texts.
- Coptic language
- ancient Coptic
At the beginning, Arabic was working alongside Greek and Coptic.
- At the beginning, Arabic was working alongside Greek and Coptic.
- And in the East, you have Greek and Aramaic and Coptic and, and, you know, translating terms back and forth, theological terms can sometimes be a bit tricky.
Examples
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The Coptic says Judas saw the cloud and he entered into it.
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It's written in Coptic, but the original text, as yet unfound, was in Greek.
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And he said, "I am a Christian; I am a Coptic."
Academic text (1998) -
Many of these were the works of gnostics, often written in Coptic.
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You are familiar with the languages of opera and those of antiquity: Greek, Hebrew, and Coptic.
Fiction book (1995) -
King believes that it was most likely first written in Greek and only later translated into Coptic for use among congregations of Coptic-speaking Christians.
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We celebrate the Mass in five rites (Latin, Malabar, Malankara, Maronite, and Coptic) and in 12 different languages.
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Even today, the Coptic and Ethiopian churches used the Era of the Martyrs, which dates all events from the accession of the great persecutor Diocletian.
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Well, the debate continues over whether a historical Jesus really existed, but in the meantime, a fourth-century fragment of papyrus manuscript, written in Coptic (below), has appeared suggesting that God Incarnate might have had a wife.
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During the service, the priest read the prayers in Coptic to honor the traditions of the church.
Synonyms
A language used in Coptic church services in Egypt and Ethiopia, written with Greek letters
Compounds
A language used in Coptic church services in Egypt and Ethiopia, written with Greek letters
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coptic comes from a name for the people of Egypt, passed through Arabic qibṭ and Greek Aigyptios, which meant 'Egyptian'. So, Coptic today is the name of the old Christian language of Egypt used in church.