tithe
IPA: tˈaɪð
noun
- (archaic) A tenth.
- (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 contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).
- A small part or proportion.
verb
- To give one-tenth or a tithe of something
- (transitive) To pay something as a tithe.
- (transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.
- (intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax
- (intransitive, figuratively) 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
- (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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.
- (intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.
- (transitive, obsolete) To compose the tenth part of something.
adjective
- (archaic) Tenth.
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Examples of "tithe" in Sentences
- It was added the burden of the Church tithe.
- He comes to restore the payment of the tithe.
- The yearly tithe to the Levites could be consumed anywhere.
- That the Levites shall give a tithe of the tithe to the priest.
- They were required in the early days to pay tithe to the Church of England.
- In 1832, the locality was affected by the disorders caused by the Tithe War.
- The Act abolished the payment of the tithe to the Anglican Church of Ireland.
- The tithe seems to have been considered the rent due to the god for his land.
- Hezekiah commands the congregation to tithe and the people respond abundantly.
- The first tithe went directly to the levites that lived in the local community.