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Definition of paynim

paynim
Painim Pai"nim, n.[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See Paganism, Pagan.] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] --Peacham.
Paynim
Paynim Pay"nim, n. & a. See Painim.

Meaning of paynim from wikipedia

- Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in...
- literature referred to Muslims as "pagans" or by sobriquets such as the "paynim foe" (enemy). Depictions, such as those in the Song of Roland, show Muslims...
- Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion: Against Atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Iewes, Mahumetists, and other infidels [De la vérite de la religion chréstienne...
- Ages often referred to Muslims as pagans, with sobriquets such as "the paynim foe". These depictions were thought as to represent Muslims worshipping...
- Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game...
- that cry, While all unburied round about the slaughtered Paynim lie. A dainty dish is Paynim flesh, with salt and roasting due. In concluding his discussion...
- referred to Muslims as "infidels" or "pagans", in sobriquets such as the paynim foe. In the same vein, the definition of "Saracen" in Raymond of Penyafort's...
- taken to mean 'Western lands' as distinct from the East inhabited by the Paynim and Saracens." Chisholm 1911, pp. 696–697. Chisholm 1911, p. 696 cites Cambridge...
- Catania and burnt the earth and stones, it was so fervent. Then ran the paynims to the sepulchre of S. Agatha and took the cloth that lay upon her tomb...
- Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion: Against Atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Iewes, Mahumetists, and other infidels [De la vérite de la religion chréstienne...