'Copts' definitions:
Definition of 'Copts'
From: GCIDE
- Copts \Copts\ (k[o^]pts"), n. pl.; sing. Copt (k[o^]pt). [See Coptic.] (Etnol.)
- 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. [1913 Webster]
- Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria. [1913 Webster]