tithable

[ tahy-thuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. subject to the payment of tithes.

tithable

/ ˈtaɪðəbəl /

adjective

1. (until 1936) liable to pay tithes
2. (of property, etc) subject to the payment of tithes

Other Words From

• un·titha·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tithable¹

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

Example Sentences

From this it is to be inferred that potatoes were not made tithable until a later period, pasture being exempted to the last.

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Of 704 tithable whites listed in 1783 all save 199 possessed slaves.

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

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

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