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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster]