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- noun Plural form of
paynym .
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Examples
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As for the paynyms, they were tofore the Incarnacyon of Cryst whiche were named, the fyrst Hector of Troye; the second Alysaunder the grete, and the thyrd Julyus Cezar, Emperour of Rome, of whome thystoryes ben wel kno and had.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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That is to wete thre paynyms, three Jewes, and three crysten men.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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That is to wete thre paynyms, three Jewes, and three crysten men.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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As for the paynyms, they were tofore the Incarnacyon of Cryst whiche were named, the fyrst Hector of Troye; the second Alysaunder the grete, and the thyrd Julyus Cezar, Emperour of Rome, of whome thystoryes ben wel kno and had.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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