• (n.) The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman.
Payn`de·main' noun [ Old French 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 , pay...