Definition of Tihe
Tithe (?), n. [OE. tithe,
tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó&?;a the tenth;
akin to tién, t&?;n, tēn, ten, G.
zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the
tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf.
Tenth, Teind.] 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.
&fist; 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.
Tithe, a. Tenth. [Obs.]
Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand.
Shak.
Tithe, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tithed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing.] [As.
teó&?;ian.] 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.
Tithe, v. i. Tp pay tithes. [R.]
Tusser.
Tithe (?), n. [OE. tithe,
tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó&?;a the tenth;
akin to tién, t&?;n, tēn, ten, G.
zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the
tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf.
Tenth, Teind.] 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.
&fist; 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.
Tithe, a. Tenth. [Obs.]
Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand.
Shak.
Tithe, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tithed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing.] [As.
teó&?;ian.] 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.
Tithe, v. i. Tp pay tithes. [R.]
Tusser.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A tenth
- 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.
- Hence, a small part or proportion.
- Tenth.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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