Thesaurus: tithe

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1. 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.
2. n. Hence, a small part or proportion.
3. a. Tenth.
4. v. t. To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
5. v. i. Tp pay tithes.
6. n. a levy of one tenth of something
7. n. an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
8. v. exact a tithe from
9. v. levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)
10. v. pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church
11. 1. 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. Neh. xiii. 5. 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. Blackstone. 2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon. 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.] Simmonds. Tenth. [Obs.] Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak. To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42. Tp pay tithes. [R.] Tusser.
12. Tenth. [Obs.]Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak.