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The Christian descendants of the ancient Egyptians, who are Monophysites in belief, some regarding the Patriarch of Alexandria and some the Pope as their head; they adhere to the ancient ritual, are prelatic, sacramentarian, and exclusive; they speak Arabic, their original Coptic being as good as dead, though the grammar is taught in the schools.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Copts'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/copts.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.

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