Meaning
1 senses(archaic, not comparable)Tenth.
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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