Copts

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Copts \Copts\ (k[o^]pts"), n. pl.; sing. {Copt} (k[o^]pt). [See
     {Coptic}.] (Etnol.)
     1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient
        Egyptians.
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     2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley
        of the Nile.
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     Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite
           Christians, and for eleven centuries have had
           possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.
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