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• present participle of tithe.

tithing

American  

[tahy-thing] / ˈtaɪ ðɪŋ /

noun

1. a tithe.

2. a giving or an exacting of tithes.

3. a grouping of men, originally 10 in number, for legal and security purposes in the Anglo-Saxon and Norman system of frankpledge.

4. a rural division in England, originally regarded as one tenth of a hundred, descended from this system.

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tithing British  

/ ˈtaɪðɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a tithe; tenth

   2. the exacting or paying of tithes

2. a company of ten householders in the system of frankpledge

3. a rural division, originally regarded as a tenth of a hundred

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Etymology

Origin of tithing

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English tigething; equivalent to tithe + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

As Baptist Pastor J. Alfred Smithing Sr. of Oakland's Allen Temple Baptist Church puts it, "The black church is the heart of black life."

From Time Magazine Archive

Smithing is a sturdy, albeit a very black art; yet its black is a good, honest black, very easily washed off, which is more than can be said for many other trades, arts, and professions.

From The Broad Highway by Farnol, Jeffery

Smithing, or blacksmithing, is the process of working heated iron, steel or other metals by forging, bending or welding them.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)