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Webster 1913 Edition


Copts

Copts

(kŏpts′)
,
Noun.
pl.
;
sing.
Copt
(kŏpt)
.
[See
Coptic
.]
(Etnol.)
1.
An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.
2.
The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.
☞ they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.