tithe

Noun · Verb
US[tahyth]/taɪð/1 syllable

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a levy of one tenth of somethingType of levy
  2. an offering of a tenth part of some personal incomeType of offering

Verb (3)tithed, tithing

  1. exact a tithe from“The church was tithed”More general charge, bill
  2. levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)“The wool was tithed”More general levy, impose
  3. pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church“Although she left the church officially, she still tithes”More general pay

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tithe noun

Origin: OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó…a the tenth; akin to tién, t…n, tēn, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind.

1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.

The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil.— Neh. xiii. 5.

☞ Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. Blackstone, Sir William

2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon

Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. — Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc. — Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. — Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. British Peter Lund. Simmonds

Tithe adjective

Tenth. obsolete

Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand.— William Shakespeare
Tithe transitive verb [past tense & past participle Tithed; present participle & verbal noun Tithing.]

Origin: As. teó…ian.

To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.

Ye tithe mint and rue.— Luke xi. 42.
Tithe intransitive verb

Tp pay tithes. rare Thomas Tusser

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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