pye

American  

[pahy] / paɪ /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. a variant of pie.

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pye British  

/ paɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of pie 5

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Etymology

Origin of pye

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

According to the former of these gentlemen, who graduated in 1746, the "breakfast was two sizings of bread and a cue of beer"; and "evening commons were a pye."

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Mayest thou be happy, O Galatea, wheresoever thou choosest to reside, and live mindful of me and neither the unlucky pye nor the vagrant crow forbids your going on.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

It was a rye loaf, or rather a pye made in, the form of a loaf, for it inclosed some salmon, highly seasoned with pepper.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

And ther be now a daies whych eyther for a lytle money, or for theyr plesure take almost more payne in teachyng a pye or a popiniay.

From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard

Let suche take example by the chatrynge pye,   Whiche doth hyr nest and byrdes also betraye By hyr grete chatterynge, clamoure dyn and crye,   Ryght so these folys theyr owne foly bewraye.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright