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Webster 1913 Edition

Tithe

Tithe

,
Noun.
[OE.
tithe
,
tethe
, properly an adj., tenth, AS.
teó[GREEK]a
the tenth; akin to
tién
,
t[GREEK]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.
☞ 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

,
Adj.
Tenth.
[Obs.]
Every
tithe
soul, ’mongst many thousand.
Shakespeare

Tithe

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tithed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tithing
.]
[As.
teó[GREEK]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

,
Verb.
I.
Tp pay tithes.
[R.]
Tusser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tithe

TITHE

,
Noun.
The tenth part of any thing; but appropriately, the tenth part of the increase annually arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support. Tithes are personal, predial, or mixed; personal, when accruing from labor, art, trade and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood and fruit; and mixed, when accruing from beasts, which are fed from the ground.

TITHE

,
Verb.
T.
To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth.
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase. Deut. 26.
Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke 11.

TITHE

,
Verb.
I.
To pay tithes.

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