tithable

American  

[tahy-thuh-buhl] / ˈtaɪ ðə bəl /

adjective

1. subject to the payment of tithes.

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tithable British  

/ ˈtaɪðəbəl /

adjective

1. (until 1936) liable to pay tithes

2. (of property, etc) subject to the payment of tithes

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Other Word Forms

• untithable
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of tithable

First recorded in 1400–50, tithable is from the late Middle English word tythable. See tithe, -able

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Example Sentences

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tithable

Negro children imported had their ages recorded by the court, and became tithable at the age of twelve years.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell

Public levies are such as are proportioned and laid equally, by the general assembly, upon every tithable person throughout the whole colony.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley

I come, therefore, now to speak of the levies, which are a certain rate or proportion of tobacco charged upon the head of every tithable person in the country, upon all alike, without distinction.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley

The three levies were all collected by the sheriffs; they averaged about one hundred pounds of tobacco for each tithable, the aggregate amounting to two millions of pounds per annum.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell

The law of 1645 provided for a tax on property and tithable persons.

From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Benjamin Griffith Brawley

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