Paynim

//ˈpeɪnɪm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew. archaic

    "But there was one knyght that dyd merueyllously thre dayes / and he bare a black shelde / and of alle knyghtes that euer I sawe he preued the best knyȝt / thenne said Kyng mark that was syre launcelot or syre palomydes the paynym"

  2. 2
    a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) wordnet

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paganpagan

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"But there was one knyght that dyd merueyllously thre dayes / and he bare a black shelde / and of alle knyghtes that euer I sawe he preued the best knyȝt / thenne said Kyng mark that was syre launcelot or syre palomydes the paynym"

Etymology

From Middle English paynym, paynyme, from Anglo-Norman paienime, peinime et al., from Late Latin paganismus (“paganism”), from Latin paganus (“pagan”). Doublet of paganism.

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