tithe
To give one-tenth or a tithe of somethingTo give one-tenth or a tithe of something: To pay something as a tithe.
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Meaning
11 sensesTo give one-tenth or a tithe of something
(transitive)To pay something as a tithe.
exact a tithe from
(transitive)To pay a tithe upon something.
pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church
(intransitive)To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax
levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)
(figuratively, intransitive)To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.
To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly
To take one-tenth or a tithe of something
(transitive)To impose a tithe upon someone or something.
(transitive)To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).
(transitive)To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.
(intransitive)To enforce or collect a tithe.
(obsolete, transitive)To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.
(obsolete, transitive)To compose the tenth part of something.
Examples
4 sentencesDoes Germany tithe on behalf of churches?
Some countries legally require tithes, taxing church members on behalf of the church.
Tithe was one of the pillars of the French Ancien Régime.
On the 1st of Elul in Second Temple times, livestock would be set aside for the tithe.
Origin
From Middle English tithe, tythe, tethe, from Old English tēoþa, tēoða, teogoþa (in verb sFrom Middle English tithe, tythe, tethe, from Old English tēoþa, tēoða, teogoþa (in verb senses via Middle English tithen, tythen, tethen, from Old English tēoþian, teogoþian), from a proposed Proto-Germanic *tehunþô, *tehundô (“a tenth”), with its nasal consonant being lost according to the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law. Cognate with West Frisian tsiende (“tithe”), Saterland Frisian Teeged (“tithe”), Dutch tiende, German Low German Teihnte, German Zehnt (“tithe”), Danish tiende (“tithe”), Icelandic tíund (“tithe”), Dutch tiende (“tithe”). Doublet of tenth.
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Forms
tithes, tithing, tithed, tithedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle