tythe
Americannoun
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There is no farmer who does not compute before hand what the church tythe, which is a land tax of this kind, is, one year with another, likely to amount to.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
She therefore pays her tythe of mint and cummin, and thanks her God that she is not as other women are.
From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary
They do not act as menial servants, and obey the caprice of a master; nor do they work as labourers for a tythe of the advantages of their industry.
From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard
The person of a parish, or a gentleman of small fortune who lives upon his estate, may sometimes, perhaps find some advantage in receiving, the one his tythe, and the other his rent, in kind.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
In his periegesis, or triumphant progress throughout this island, it has been calculated that he laid a tythe part of the inhabitants under contribution.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
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