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tithing
  1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
    1. The tithe given as an offering to the church.
    2. The payment of tithes.
    3. The collection of tithes.
  2. (dialectal) Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor).
  3. (historical, law) A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
  4. (historical, law) A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
  5. (obsolete) Decimation: the killing of every tenth person or (less often) the killing of every person except each tenth.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. gift, donation, contribution, offering, bestowal, endowment, grant, alms, benefaction, bonus, bounty, charity, gratuity, premium, tip, benefit, dispensation, inheritance, philanthropy, pittance, allowance, settlement, subsidy, baksheesh, hand-out, pourboire, koha … more
tithingman
  1. (law, historical) The chief of a tithing.
  2. (obsolete) A ruler or leader of ten men; a decurion.
  3. (Britain, law) A peace officer; an underconstable.
  4. (US, Maryland and New England dialect, historical) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.
  5. A tithe proctor: a collector of tithes.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. borsholder, decener, headborough
  7. Examples:
      8. “One man in each tithing was senior to, and responsible for, the other nine, and he was called the tithingman.”
      “To formalize that obligation, they were grouped into tithings headed by a tithingman.”
      “The position of constable originated from the old manorial position of headborough or tithingman.”
tithe
  1. (archaic) A tenth.
  2. The tenth part 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. Concept originates in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
  3. A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship.
  4. A small part or proportion.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. tax, levy, duty, toll, impost, tariff, assessment, tribute, contribution, tenth, charity, portion, church tax, excise, imposition, fee, customs, mulct, charge, exaction, dues, payment, rate, custom, due, taxation, burden, rates, surcharge, customs duties, injunction, enjoinder, import tax, liability, cess, fine, bite, price, capitation, brokerage, cost, towage, expense, salvage, pork barrel, proportional tax … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “To this day, the landowners of England still have to pay this tithe to the Church.”
tither
  1. One who collects tithes.
  2. One who pays tithes.
  3. Examples:
      4. “I can say till the third petition o the tane, and frae end to end o the tither.”
      “And then the ae boat set aff for North Berwick, an' the tither lay whaur it was and watched the wanchancy thing on the braeside.”
      “He holds as Murray, dragged hither and tither across the baseline, whacks a desperate forehand miles past the baseline.”
tithing
  1. (obsolete) A reward, grant, or concession.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gift, donation, contribution, offering, bestowal, endowment, grant, alms, benefaction, bonus, bounty, charity, gratuity, premium, tip, benefit, dispensation, inheritance, philanthropy, pittance, allowance, settlement, subsidy, baksheesh, hand-out, pourboire, koha … more
tithe
  1. (obsolete) A boon (a grant or concession).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tax, levy, duty, toll, impost, tariff, assessment, tribute, contribution, tenth, charity, portion, church tax, excise, imposition, fee, customs, mulct, charge, exaction, dues, payment, rate, custom, due, taxation, burden, rates, surcharge, customs duties, injunction, enjoinder, import tax, liability, cess, fine, bite, price, capitation, brokerage, cost, towage, expense, salvage, pork barrel, proportional tax … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “To this day, the landowners of England still have to pay this tithe to the Church.”
tithingmen
  1. plural of tithingman
  2. Synonyms:
      3. borsholders, deceners, headboroughs, underconstables, decurions, tithe proctors, decimators
tithers
  1. plural of tither
tithes
  1. plural of tithe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tax, levies, duty, tolls, imposts, tariffs, assessments, tribute, contributions, tenths, charity, portions, customs, excises, fees, imposition, mulcts, exaction, payment, charge, rates, dues, surcharges, burdens, taxation, enjoinders, injunctions, cesses, prices, proportional taxes, pork barrels, costs, liability, capitations, towage, brokerages, expense, bites, fines, salvage, collections, offerings, offertories, decimas, decimates … more
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