Tithe
[taɪð]
Definition
(noun.) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income.
(noun.) a levy of one tenth of something.
(verb.) pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; 'Although she left the church officially, she still tithes'.
(verb.) pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; 'He tithed his income to the Church'.
(verb.) levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); 'The wool was tithed'.
(verb.) exact a tithe from; 'The church was tithed'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence, a small part or proportion.
(a.) Tenth.
(v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
(v. i.) Tp pay tithes.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tenth, tenth part.
v. a. Tax (to the amount of one tenth).
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Definition
n. a tenth part hence any indefinitely small part: the tenth of the produce of land and stock allotted for the maintenance of the clergy and other church purposes: any rateable tax payable in kind or by commutation of its value in money.—v.t. to tax to a tenth.—adjs. Tī′thable subject to the payment of tithes; Tithe′-free exempt from paying tithes.—n. Tithe′-gath′erer one who collects tithes.—adj. Tithe′-pay′ing subjected to pay tithes.—ns. Tithe′-pig one pig out of ten paid as a tithe; Tithe′-proc′tor a levier or collector of tithes; Tī′ther one who collects tithes; Tī′thing an old Saxon district containing ten householders each responsible for the behaviour of the rest; Tī′thing-man the chief man of a tithing.
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Examples
- The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I should hear less grumbling when my tithe is paid. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Three sestertii equal to about sixpence sterling, was the price which the republic paid for the modius or peck of the tithe wheat of Sicily. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There are many men of equal bodily and mental vigor who have not achieved a tithe of his accomplishment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was, however, ready for anything new or novel, and no record can ever be made or presented that would do justice to a tithe of the thoughts and fancies daily and hourly put upon the rack. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age; my father intended to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Benjamin was intended as a tithe to the Church, but the plan was abandoned because of lack of means to send him to coll ege. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Such a lady gave a neighborliness to both rank and religion, and mitigated the bitterness of uncommuted tithe. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For the apprehension and conviction of the murderer, we offer a reward of one tithe of the property--a reward of Ten Thousand Pound. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- 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.
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