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

Derived 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

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 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 Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

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

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

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 Beverley, Robert