How to Use Coptic in a Sentence

Coptic

1 of 2 noun
  • The Coptic Fire has burned about 1,680 acres and is 40% contained.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The Coptic Fire has burned 1,680 acres and was 40% contained.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Coptic Cairo Coptic Cairo, also known in Arabic as Mogamaa Al-Adyan (complex of religions), is the site of ancient places of worship of the three monotheistic traditions.
    — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Writer-director Nathan (12 O’Clock Boys), who grew up in the Coptic Orthodox Church, seems to be sincere in his attempt to present a Biblical narrative from a very different perspective.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Acclaimed since at least the fourth century as the site of the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth, the church building has been under the joint governance of Greek, Coptic, Ethiopian and Syriac Orthodox sects, the Armenian Apostolic church and the Roman Catholics since the days of the Ottomans.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 June 2025
  • In addition to Leo and Bartholomew, the participants of the commemorative service included priests, patriarchs and bishops from Orthodox Greek, Syrian, Coptic, Malankarese, Armenian, Protestant and Anglican churches.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2025

Coptic

2 of 2 adjective
  • But he was raised a Coptic Orthodox Christian.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
  • White linen came from Coptic Christian weavers in the Nile Delta during the seventh century.
    — Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
  • This more ambitious effort, reflective of his Coptic Christian background, will stand or fall for viewers as a parable of faith versus doubt.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Coptic monasticism was one of the oldest forms of organized Christian monasticism, laying the groundwork for traditions that endure to this day.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The 18 kings and four queens are now on display on the lower level of this impeccable museum, which showcases snippets of Egypt’s history spanning the Pharaonic up to the Coptic and Islamic eras.
    — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Coptic Cairo Coptic Cairo, also known in Arabic as Mogamaa Al-Adyan (complex of religions), is the site of ancient places of worship of the three monotheistic traditions.
    — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The practice today These days, some churches in the Middle East, such as some Coptic Christian churches in Egypt, incorporate the practice of getting a tattoo into the baptismal rituals.
    — Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While Coptic Christians have long faced discrimination and intermittent violence in Egypt, attacks during this period intensified in both scale and public visibility.
    — Candace Lukasik, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Galleries are organized by historical period, from the predynastic period through to the Coptic era — or from about 3000 BC to the 7th century AD.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And now viewers get a titillating look at Magnolia Pictures' upcoming flick, directed by Lotfy Nathan and drawing from his Coptic Christian background, with its first trailer, released on Wednesday.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Nathan leans heavily into his own Orthodox Coptic Christian upbringing and borrows liberally from the rather obscure text of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas with material absent from the New Testament.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The 4,000-acre Coptic blaze, located further south in Everglades National Park, is less than half contained, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
    — Allison Beck june 19, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
  • The celebration began with a welcome dinner at Tenuta Di Sticciano in Certaldo, followed by a Hindu wedding ceremony in the gardens overlooking the Tuscan hills the next day and a Coptic Christian ceremony the day after that, per Vogue India.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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