paynim
[pey-nim]
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noun Archaic.
a pagan or heathen.
a Muslim.
pagandom; heathendom.
Origin of paynim
1200–50; Middle English: pagan (noun and adj.), pagan countries, heathendom < Old French pai(e)nime < Late Latin pāgānismus paganism
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Historical Examples of paynim
A crusade is a war to recover the Holy Land from the paynim.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
I allowed if the paynim was satisfied I was, and we would let it stand at that.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
There were three died in the Holy Land doing battle with the Paynim.
Long WillFlorence Converse
How can we return with all the paynim nations jeering at us, crying, 'See!
God Wills It!William Stearns Davis
He could not help himself, when the Paynim burnt him: and how can he help us?
Hereward, The Last of the EnglishCharles Kingsley
paynim
noun archaic
Word Origin for paynim
C13: from Old French paienime, from Late Latin pāgānismus paganism, from pāgānus pagan
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