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–noun

1.	Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.

2.	any tax, levy, or the like, esp. of one-tenth.

3.	a tenth part or any indefinitely small part of anything.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to give or pay a tithe or tenth of (produce, money, etc.).

5.	to give or pay tithes on (crops, income, etc.).

6.	to exact a tithe from (a person, community, parish, etc.).

7.	to levy a tithe on (crops, income, etc.).

–verb (used without object)

8.	to give or pay a tithe.

Also, British, tythe.

[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME ti(ghe)the, OE teogotha tenth; (v.) ME tithen, OE teogothian to take the tenth of, deriv. of the n.

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—Related forms

titheless, adjective

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tithe Audio Help (tīth) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A tenth part of one's annual income contributed voluntarily or due as a tax, especially for the support of the clergy or church.
2. The institution or obligation of paying tithes.
3. A tenth part.
4. A very small part.
A tax or assessment of one tenth.
1. A tenth part.
2. A very small part.

v. tithed, tith·ing, tithes

v. tr.

To contribute or pay a tenth part of (one's annual income).
To levy a tithe on.

v. intr.
To pay a tithe.

[Middle English, from Old English tēotha; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

tith'a·ble (tī'thə-bəl) adj., tith'er n.

Word History: A tithe is a tenth, etymologically speaking; in fact, tithe is the old ordinal numeral in English. Sound changes in the prehistory of English are responsible for its looking so different from the word ten. Tithe goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic form *tehuntha-, formed from the cardinal numeral *tehun, "ten," and the same ordinal suffix that survives in Modern English as -th. The n disappeared before the th in the West Germanic dialect area that gave rise to English, and eventually yielded the Old English form tēothe, "tenth," still not too different from the cardinal numeral tīen. But over time, as the former became tithe and the latter ten, and as tithe developed the specialized meaning "a tenth part paid as a tax," it grew harder to perceive a relationship between the two. The result was that speakers of English created a new word for the ordinal, tenth, built with the cardinal numeral ten on the pattern of the other regularly-formed ordinal numerals like sixth or seventh.

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tithe

O.E. teogoþa (Anglian), teoþa (W.Saxon) "tenth," from P.Gmc. *tegunthon, *tekhunthon. Retained in ecclesiastical sense while the form was replaced in ordinal use by tenth (influenced by ten). The verb is O.E. teoþian.

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tithe
noun
1.	a levy of one tenth of something
2.	an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
verb
1.	exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"
2.	levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was tithed"
3.	pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"
4.	pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; "Although she left the church officially, she still tithes"

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
tithe

A tenth part of one's annual income contributed to support the clergy or a church. The Mosaic law required the Israelites to pay a tithe for the support of worship.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tithe

Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]

1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker.

2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.

The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke.

3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.

4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. "Personal communication." --Fabyan.

The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.

5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.

6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.

Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.

Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature.

Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness.

Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it, and their plurals.

Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased.

Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property.

Personal tithes. See under Tithe.

Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tithe

Teind\, n. [Cf. Icel. t[=i]und. See Tithe.] A tithe. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

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Ten\, a. [AS. t[=e]n, ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]ne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. t[=i]u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta['i]hun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. ?, Skr. da[,c]an. [root]308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One more than nine; twice five.

With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. --Dryden.

Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.

There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift it asks. --Dryden.

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Tithe

Tenth\, a. [From Ten: cf. OE. tethe, AS. te['o]?a. See Ten, and cf. Tithe.]

1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tithe

a tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth to God was recognized as a duty before the time of Moses. Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek (Gen. 14:20; Heb. 7:6); and Jacob vowed unto the Lord and said, "Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." The first Mosaic law on this subject is recorded in Lev. 27:30-32. Subsequent legislation regulated the destination of the tithes (Num. 18:21-24, 26-28; Deut. 12:5, 6, 11, 17; 14:22, 23). The paying of the tithes was an important part of the Jewish religious worship. In the days of Hezekiah one of the first results of the reformation of religion was the eagerness with which the people brought in their tithes (2 Chr. 31:5, 6). The neglect of this duty was sternly rebuked by the prophets (Amos 4:4; Mal. 3:8-10). It cannot be affirmed that the Old Testament law of tithes is binding on the Christian Church, nevertheless the principle of this law remains, and is incorporated in the gospel (1 Cor. 9:13, 14); and if, as is the case, the motive that ought to prompt to liberality in the cause of religion and of the service of God be greater now than in Old Testament times, then Christians outght to go beyond the ancient Hebrew in consecrating both themselves and their substance to God. Every Jew was required by the Levitical law to pay three tithes of his property (1) one tithe for the Levites; (2) one for the use of the temple and the great feasts; and (3) one for the poor of the land.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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