Tithe
- Tithe
One tenth of a person's produce and income, due as a tax to support the church.
Literally a "tenth", a medieval form of tax often owed to the liege lord or to the church as rent on land. Sometimes the tithe could be as much as thirty percent, but ten or fifteen was normal. When tithes were collected no other taxes were normally due on the property, and the tithe seems to have been a percent of production, not value.
The tenth part of produce from the land and of other income, collected to support a parish priest and maintain his services
♦ The payment of a tenth of one's income to support the church and the clergy; based on texts in the Old Testament books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, and made mandatory in the eighth century by the Carolingian kings Pepin and Charlemagne.
(Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 365)
♦ Tenth part of agricultural produce, owed for support of local clergy.
(Frame, Robin. Colonial Ireland, 1169-1369, 145)
♦ A tax of one-tenth levied by the church on harvests and animals for the support of the parish priest.
(Waugh, Scott. England in the Reign of Edward III, 238)
♦ Theoretically a tenth of a parishioner's annual income or profit, and due by canon law to the incumbent of the parish. Normally regarded as spiritualia but when the proportion in question affected significantly the value of the benefice and hence the advowson, then they were deemed to be lay free.
(Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272-1461, 369)
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Tithe — Tithe, n. [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. te[ o]?a the tenth; akin to ti[ e]n, t?n, t[=e]n, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. t[=i]und the tenth; tithe, Goth. ta[ i]hunda tenth. See {Ten}, and cf. {Tenth}, {Teind}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tithe — [tīth] n. [ME < OE teothe, contr. < teogotha, a TENTH] 1. one tenth of the annual produce of one s land or of one s annual income, paid as a tax or contribution to support a church or its clergy 2. a) a tenth part b) any small part 3. any… … English World dictionary
Tithe — Tithe, a. Tenth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Every tithe soul, mongst many thousand. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tithe — Tithe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tithed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tithing}.] [As. te[ o]?ian.] To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. [1913 Webster] Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tithe — index tax, toll (tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 tithe … Law dictionary
Tithe — Tithe, v. i. Tp pay tithes. [R.] Tusser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tithe — [taıð] n [: Old English; Origin: teogotha tenth ] 1.) a particular amount that some Christians give to their church 2.) a tax paid to the church in the past >tithe v [I and T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
tithe — ► NOUN 1) one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy. 2) archaic a tenth of a specified thing. ► VERB ▪ subject to or pay as a tithe. ORIGIN Old English, «tenth» … English terms dictionary
tithe — [ taıð ] noun count a tax that people paid to the church in the past a. a particular amount of money that members of some Christian churches give to the church … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Tithe — For the type of land division, see Tithing (country subdivision). The Tithe Pig, group by Derby Porcelain, c. 1770 A tithe ( … Wikipedia
TITHE — General The rendering of tithes of property for sacral purposes was common all over the ancient Near East, though well documented and first hand evidence concerning tithes comes mainly from Mesopotamia (ešrû/eširtu; cf. Dandamaev, in bibl.).… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
