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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAYNIM. [See Painim.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English painim, from Anglo-French paenisme heathendom, from Late Latin paganismus, from paganus pagan Date: 13th century archaic pagan; especially Muslim

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. archaic 1 a pagan. 2 a non-Christian, esp. a Muslim. Etymology: ME f. OF pai(e)nime f. eccl.L paganismus heathenism (as PAGAN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Paynim Pay"nim, n. & a. See Painim.