paynim
Americannoun
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a pagan or heathen.
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a Muslim.
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pagandom; heathendom.
noun
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a heathen or pagan
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a Muslim
Other Word Forms
- paynimhood noun
Etymology
Origin of paynim
1200–50; Middle English: pagan (noun and adj.), pagan countries, heathendom < Old French pai ( e ) nime < Late Latin pāgānismus paganism
Example Sentences
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This paynim sincerely wishes that it were not so dark.”
From Literature
Small need had he to ask them to smite the paynim.
From Project Gutenberg
“This ben’t Turkey leather, but it is a piece from Spain, and they learnt the trade of the paynim, so I reckon ’twill do.
From Project Gutenberg
The "Tempest" is just like a grotesque in a rich missal, "clasped where paynims pray."
From Project Gutenberg
And so by fortune they came into this land, that at that time was called Great Britain: and there they found a great felon paynim, that put Joseph into prison.
From Project Gutenberg
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