Copts (kŏpts″), n. pl.; sing.Copt (#). [See Coptic.] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.
2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.
☞ they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.