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nounthe liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabettype of:
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of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art
Definition that contains coptic
- coptic the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet
- apocrypha 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
- copt a member of the Coptic Church
- nag hammadi a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism
- nag hammadi library a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism