Copts
The Jacobite Christians of Egypt, who have for eleven centuries
been in possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria. The word is
probably derived from Coptos, the metropolis of the Thebaid. These
Christians conduct their worship in a dead language called “Coptic”
(language of the Copts).
“The Copts [of Egypt] circumcise, confess to their priests, and
abstain from swine's flesh. They are Jacobites in their creed.” —S.
Olin; Travels in Egypt (vol. i. chap viii. p. 102).
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