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Webster 1913 Edition


Ethiopic

{

Eˊthi-o′pi-an

,

Eˊthi-op′ic

, }
Adj.
Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.

Eˊthi-op′ic

,
Noun.
The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called
Geez
.