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payman |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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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