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Definition of Painims
1. painim [n] - See also: painim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painims
Literary usage of Painims
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Exhibiting the History and Fate of the by James Townley (1856)
"Yea, it is recorded that Gregory the first did cause a library of Rome, containing
only painims' [pagans'] works to be burned, to th' intent the Scriptures ..."
2. The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith by William Tyndale, John Frith, Thomas Russell (1831)
"His second reason that he hath to prove purgatory, is this : " The very miscreants
and idolaters, Turks, Saracens, and painims, have ever, for the most part ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The lewes with the painims hadden werre, But they among ... man may see on euery
side How Christs faith is euery day assailed, With painims destroyed and so ..."
4. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"... or if they should burne their bodies, as the painims did, they might well use
torches as well as the painims without any just reprehension and blame. ..."
5. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1841)
"... as the painims did, they might well use torches as well as the painims without
any just reprehension and ..."
6. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"... or if they should burne their bodies, as the painims did, they might well use
Torches as well as the painims without any just reprehension and blame. ..."
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