English Explanatory Dictionary

tithing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
  2. The tithe given as an offering to the church.
  3. The payment of tithes.
  4. The collection of tithes.
  5. Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor).
  6. A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
  7. A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of tithe

Pronunciation

/ˈtaɪðɪŋ/

Word forms

tithing tithings

Etymology

From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing.

Synonyms

tenth and tithe tenmantale decenary decime frankpledge fribourg

Related words

decenary tithingman

Derived words

tithing-barn tithing days tithingman tithing-man tithing-penny tithing port tithing-sheaf tithing-system tithing table tithing-time
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