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tithe

/taɪð/

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What does tithe mean?

noun

  1. A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).
  2. A small part or proportion.

verb

  1. To pay something as a tithe.
More meanings (13)

verb

  1. To pay a tithe upon something.
  2. To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax
  3. (figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.
  4. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly
  5. To impose a tithe upon someone or something.
  6. 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).
  7. To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.
  8. To enforce or collect a tithe.
  9. (obsolete) To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.
  10. (obsolete) To compose the tenth part of something.

noun

  1. (archaic) A tenth.
  2. (historical) The tenth part 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; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.

adjective

  1. (archaic) Tenth.
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IPA pronunciation

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

Such a lady gave a neighborliness to both rank and religion, and mitigated the bitterness of uncommuted tithe.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
If he had done a tithe of what was rumoured about him, how much he must have suffered!
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174
More book examples (3)
Is it a tithe for her personal maintenance, or a sample tested for the benefit of her coming grub?
Jean-Henri FabreThe Mason-BeesTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #2884
The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Such a tithe of vicarious leisure is a perquisite of all members of the preternatural leisure class and is indispensable to their good fame.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833