tythe

[tahyth]

noun, verb (used with or without object), tythed, tyth·ing. British.

tithe.

tithe

[tahyth]

noun

Sometimes tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
any tax, levy, or the like, especially of one-tenth.
a tenth part or any indefinitely small part of anything.

verb (used with object), tithed, tith·ing.

to give or pay a tithe or tenth of (produce, money, etc.).
to give or pay tithes on (crops, income, etc.).
to exact a tithe from (a person, community, parish, etc.).
to levy a tithe on (crops, income, etc.).

verb (used without object), tithed, tith·ing.

to give or pay a tithe.

Also British, tythe.

Origin of tithe

before 900; (noun) Middle English ti(ghe)the, Old English teogotha tenth; (v.) Middle English tithen, Old English teogothian to take the tenth of, derivative of the noun

Related formstithe·less, adjectiveun·tithed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for tything

Historical Examples of tything

Thus in the tything of Gillingham alone forty-five deaths are recorded, and in the neighbouring tything of Bourton seventeen.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)
Francis Aidan Gasquet
Paradise Row, as every one knows, is right at the other end of the town, past the Tything.
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series
Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for tything

tithe

noun

(often plural) Christianity a tenth part of agricultural or other produce, personal income, or profits, contributed either voluntarily or as a tax for the support of the church or clergy or for charitable purposes
any levy, esp of one tenth
a tenth or very small part of anything

verb

(tr)
1. to exact or demand a tithe or tithes from (an individual or group)
2. to levy a tithe upon (a crop or amount of produce, etc)
(intr) to pay a tithe or tithes

Derived Formstither, noun

Word Origin for tithe

Old English teogoth; related to Old Frisian tegotha, Old Saxon tegotho, Old High German zehando, Old Norse tīundi, Gothic taihunda

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Word Origin and History for tything

tithe

Old English teogoþa (Anglian), teoþa (West Saxon) "tenth," from Proto-Germanic *tegunthon, *tekhunthon. Retained in ecclesiastical sense while the form was replaced in ordinal use by tenth (influenced by ten).

tithe

Old English teoþian, from the root of tithe (n.). Related: Tithed; tithing.

tything in Culture

tithe

A tenth part of one's annual income contributed to support the clergy or a church. The Mosaic law required the Israelites to pay a tithe for the support of worship.