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Paynim means (archaic) A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew..
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/ˈpeɪnɪm/ · noun
(archaic) A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew..
And if it be idolatry to do as the paynims did—make an idol “God”—it must needs be much worse idolatry to do as these heretics do,
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
To this his native soyle thou backe shalt bring, / Strongly to ayde his countrey to withstand / The powre of forreine Paynims which invade thy land.
(Though like a covered field, where champions bold / Wont ride in armed, and at the soldan's chair / Defied the best of paynim chivalry / To mortal combat, or career with lance).
St Helen’s bell rang reminders that she lived, a paynim or Mahometan, in the church’s shadow.
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Paynim means (archaic) A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew..
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And if it be idolatry to do as the paynims did—make an idol “God”—it must needs be much worse idolatry to do as these heretics do,
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