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  • noun obsolete The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman.

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  • noun A high-quality white bread, baked from the finest sifted flour, suitable for the lord of the manor.

Etymologies

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From Latin panis domini, lord's bread.

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