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nouna levy of one tenth of somethingtype of:
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nounan offering of a tenth part of some personal incometype of:
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"The church was tithed"verbexact a tithe from
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"The wool was tithed"verblevy a tithe on (produce or a crop)
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"Although she left the church officially, she still tithes"verbpay a tenth of one's income, especially to the churchtype of:
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"He tithed his income to the Church"verbpay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church
Definition that contains tithe
- for One who takes, or that which is said on, the affirmative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
- from Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; the anitithesis and correlative of to;
- tithe pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church
- tithe exact a tithe from
- tithe levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)
- euphuism an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
- tither someone who pays tithes
- tithe barn barn originally built to hold tithes paid in kind and common in England
- adversative expressing antithesis or opposition
- antithetically with antithesis; in an antithetical manner