Meaning of paynim | Babel Free

Definitions

A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew.

archaic

Examples

“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”

“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,”

“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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