Defn: Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay.
COPSY
Cops"y, a.
Defn: Characterized by copses. "Copsy villages." "Copsy banks." J.
Dyer.
COPTIC Cop"tic, a. Etym: [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius an Egyprian, Gr. kibti, pl. kibt.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Copts. — n.
Defn: The language of the Copts.
COPTIC CHURCH
Coptic Church.
Defn: The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which in general organization and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The "pope and patriarch" has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies. But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degraded it.
COPTS
Copts, n. pl.; sing. Copt. Etym: [See Coptic.] (Etnol.)
1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.