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n. - A heathen.

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Usage examples (29)
  • “Thou swearest thy gods in vain, foul paynim,” said
  • And all were it so, that he was a paynim and not worthy to be heard, yet
  • Job was a paynim, and he was Aram of Gosre, his son, and held that land as prince of that country.
  • The juice of the paynim poppies had quieted Columbanus more than once when his religious fervour prostrated him.
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