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tithe

noun
/taɪð/

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *tehunþô✻
  2. derived from tēoþian
  3. derived from tithen
  4. inherited from tēoþa
  5. inherited from tithe

Definitions

  1. A tenth.

    • But really that gold was not half That a king might have hoped to compel— Not a half, not a third, not a tithe.

  2. The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to…

    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.

  3. A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the…

    A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A small part or proportion.

      • I scarcely know any thing that really interests me, and I would give a great deal not to be so quick-sighted as I am; it would be so pleasant to believe only a tithe of the professions that are made me.

    2. Tenth.

      • Euery tythe ſoule, 'mongſt many thouſand diſmes,

    3. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something

      • He teoðode gynd eall his cyne rice ðone teoðan del ealra his landa.

    4. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly

      • gif we teoðiað þas gearlican dagas, þonne beoð þær six and ðritig teoðing-dagas.

    5. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something

      • Leeuy, that took tithis, is tithid.
      • The cost... has been defrayed by tithing the whole Mormon Church. Those who reside at Nauvoo... have been obliged to work every tenth day in quarrying stone.

    6. To compose the tenth part of something.

      • Her sorrowes did not tith her ioy.

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Derived

Saladin tithe, tithe barn, titheless, titheling, tithe-man, titheman, tithe-payer, tithe pig, tithe-proctor, tithe proctor, tither, tithing, tithed, tithe out

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA