tithe

A tenth.archaic

• But really that gold was not half That a king might have hoped to compel— Not a half, not a third, not a tithe.

The tenth part 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; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.historical

• For this is abundantly confuted by the Constitutions and Practice of these Christian States where Tithes have been variously settled, for maintenance of the Evangelical Priest-hood ; and other pious Uses, by legal and civil Tithes, which im
• That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, o

A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).

A small part or proportion.

• I scarcely know any thing that really interests me, and I would give a great deal not to be so quick-sighted as I am; it would be so pleasant to believe only a tithe of the professions that are made me.

Tenth.archaicnot-comparable

• Euery tythe ſoule, 'mongſt many thouſand diſmes,

To give one-tenth or a tithe of something; To pay something as a tithe.transitive

• He teoðode gynd eall his cyne rice ðone teoðan del ealra his landa.

To give one-tenth or a tithe of something; To pay a tithe upon something.transitive

• ...ge tiogoðiað eowre mintan & eowerne dile & eowerne kymen.

To give one-tenth or a tithe of something; To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% taxintransitive

• Þe prest þe meneȝeð rihtliche teðien.

To give one-tenth or a tithe of something; To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.figurativelyintransitive

• These slaves are either the sonnes of Christians, tithed in their childhoods, Captives taken in the warres, or Renegadoes.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly

• gif we teoðiað þas gearlican dagas, þonne beoð þær six and ðritig teoðing-dagas.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something; To impose a tithe upon someone or something.transitive

• Leeuy, that took tithis, is tithid.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something; To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).transitive

• Þe folk of Crist was tiþed, þat is to seie, nyne slayn and þe tenþe i-kepte.
• The multitude are tith'd, and every tenth only spar'd.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something; To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.transitive

• The Monkes the Priors and holy cloystred Nunnes, Are all in health,...

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something; To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.obsoletetransitive

• By decimation, and a tithed death, / ... take thou the destin'd tenth
• The Thebane Legion... was first tithed, that is, every tenth man thereof was executed.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something; To enforce or collect a tithe.intransitive

• Those who tithe and toll upon them for their spiritual and temporal benefit.