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noun

Tithe 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. "The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil." Note: 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.

Hence, a small part or proportion.

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. (Eng.)

verb

Tithe v. t. (past & past part. tithed; pres. part. tithing) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. "Ye tithe mint and rue."

Tithe v. i. Tp pay tithes. (R.)

adjective

Tithe adj. Tenth. (Obs.) "Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand."

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"Tithe" Quotes from Famous Books

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— Swallow • H. Rider Haggard

... Shinar and El-Yemen. All the neighbours of these Jews go in fear of them. Among them are husbandmen and owners of cattle; their land is extensive, and they have in their midst learned and wise men. They give the tithe of all they possess unto the scholars who sit in the house of learning, also to poor Israelites and to the recluses, who are the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and who do not eat meat nor taste wine, and sit clad in ...

— The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela • Benjamin of Tudela

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— Shining Ferry • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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— Folklore as an Historical Science • George Laurence Gomme

... showery morning was an excuse, completed her outward attire and concealed her petticoats from casual view. Yet in any case her blushes had been spared, for they met nobody on their way, and the open space in front of the temple was deserted. Not a single worshiper had come to pay honor and tithe to the Shining One; the altar was empty of offerings, and the priest himself was absent from his accustomed post. Yet upon the ear fell the rumble and clang of moving machinery, and the eye, piercing through the half-lights of the archway, ...

— The Doomsman • Van Tassel Sutphen

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