the native Christian church of Egypt and of Ethiopia, Monophysitic in doctrine
Coptic Church in American English
noun
the native Christian church in Egypt, governed by a patriarch and characterized by an adherence to Monophysitism and the use of the Coptic language in its liturgy
Word origin
[1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, creationism, layout, organizer, pylon