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

Etymology

Origin of tithable

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

Example Sentences

A search through the patent rolls, wills, tithable lists and other data found in the records of the period, has led to the more or less positive identification of fifteen of these persons.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

But church lands are not tithable, even though they be within the boundaries of another parish.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

It was also ordered that every tithable person should produce one pound of dressed hemp and one pound of dressed flax or two pounds of either annually.

From Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Carrier, Lyman

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 Campbell, Charles

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 Campbell, Charles