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/tīT͟H/,
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tithes, plural;
  1. Pay or give as a tithe
    • - he tithes 10 percent of his income to the church
  2. Subject to a tax of one tenth of income or produce

Noun
  1. One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy

  2. (in certain religious denominations) A tenth of an individual's income pledged to the church

  3. A tenth of a specified thing
    • - he hadn't said a tithe of the prayers he knew
  1. a levy of one tenth of something
  2. exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"
  3. an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
  4. pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"
  5. A tithe (from Old English teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a (usually) voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a religious organization. ...
  6. (Tithing (division)) The English land division called the tithing was a grouping of ten households (Scandinavian: ten = ti, assembly = thing). ...
  7. A tenth; The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. ...
  8. (Tithes) A tenth part of the produce of a family which was paid to the Church as a tax.
  9. (Tithes) Sort of tax paid by peasants and artisans to church, which often passed into pockets of nobles.
  10. (Tithes) The 'first fruits' of the harvest. More accurately, it is donations made to a Weyr by the Holds and Halls in its territory, to support the Weyr so that the dragonriders can concentrate on fighting Thread and caring for their dragons, instead of having to work at other jobs to support ...
  11. (tithes) Monetary support for the established church, taken from everyone of any substance no matter what their own beliefs. Quakers made the abolition of tithes one of their main issues in the last years before the restoration (Hutton, 47).
  12. (tithes) look at trumah and maaser
  13. (Tithing) A belief, found in many faiths, of giving 10% - the first and best part – back to the place of worship.
  14. (tithing) A company (originally) of ten householders in the system of frank-pledge; now only as a rural division (originally regarded as one tenth of a hundred) to which this system gave its name.
  15. (Tithing) Church members are asked to contribute ten percent of their gross income to fund Church activities and expansion. While contributions are voluntary, tithing is required for a member to maintain good standing within the Church.
  16. (Tithing) In Western ecclesiastical law, the act of paying a percentage of one's income to further religious purposes. One of the political subdivisions of England that was composed of ten families who held freehold estates.
  17. (Tithing) Paying ten percent of personal income to the work of the Lord.
  18. (Tithing) Perhaps the most-emphasized principle driving the Faith and Prosperity gospels, and possibly Pentecostal Christianity in general, tithing is a doctrine related to the distribution of money into the church. ...
  19. (Tithing) Providing the income for the savior spreading the gospel of global warming so he can build his house on the ocean beach
  20. (Tithing) Unbiblical church tradition of giving 10% of earnings to the church.
  21. (Tithing) is the gift or payment of a tenth of one s income to religious and charitable agencies. The custom is mentioned frequently in the Bible, and a number of Protestant denomination counts tithing as a basic responsibility of members to their church. ...
  22. (tithing) (England) a group of ten households liable for paying fees to support the local parish church.
  23. The first ten percent of our increase or income which God claims as His. "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there ...
  24. Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or church.
  25. in English law, the tenth part of one's annual increase paid to support noblemen and clergy; amount of annual poll tax.