Tithes
[taiðz]
Examples
- Tithes take place in all of them, and are levied with the utmost rigour in those of Spain and Portugal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tithes as may be beneficial to himself and not offensive to his patron. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Looking after his tithes, hang'un (only he used the same wicked word). William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This is Saint Andrew's day with us, we are taking our tithes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Wesley