'paynemain' definitions:
Definition of 'paynemain'
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Payndemain \Payn`de*main"\, 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. [Obs.]
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