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payndemain, n. [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.].

The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [1913 Webster]

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