tythe
Americannoun
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Yet here have I now received two gold talents of Jerusalem!--what most would say were wealth enough, and this is not the tythe of that which I possess.
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William
The tythe in the greater part of those parishes which pay what is called a modus, in lieu of all other tythe is a tax of this kind.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Smith, Adam
I believe tythe is right, and that the expression is proverbial, in which tithe is taken, by an easy metonymy, for harvest.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel
It is not for any wise man, to beleeve the tythe of the tales and slanders, which flie abroad of the zealous: Lewd men would fain strike at all goodnes through their sides.
From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Ward, Samuel
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
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