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tithe

UK/taɪð/ US/ˈtaɪð/ uncommon archaic obsolete
noun (2) verb (4)

noun

1.

a levy of one tenth of something

2.

an offering of a tenth part of some personal income

verb

1.

exact a tithe from

  • “The church was tithed”
2.

levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)

  • “The wool was thithed”
3.

pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church

  • “He tithed his income to the Church”
4.

pay a tenth of one''s income, especially to the church

  • “Although she left the church officially, she still tithes”

Origin

From 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.

Phrases

  • chancel repair liability
  • collection plate
  • Saladin tithe
  • tithe barn
  • tithe out
  • tithe pig
  • tithe proctor

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