paynim

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(pā′nim)

noun

  1. a pagan; heathen
  2. a non-Christian; esp., a Muslim
  3. the pagan world

Origin: ME painim < OFr paienime, heathendom < LL(Ec) paganismus, paganism

See paynim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Archaic
  1. A non-Christian, especially a Muslim.
  2. A pagan or heathen.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English painim

Origin: , from Old French paienime, heathendom

Origin: , from Late Latin pāgānismus

Origin: , from pāgānus, pagan; see pagan

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