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noun
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
The tithe given as an offering to the church.
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noun
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
The payment of tithes.
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noun
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
The collection of tithes.
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noun
Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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Synonyms: tenmantale
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noun
A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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verb
present participle and gerund of tithe
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing.
