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Definition of tithe

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Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart 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..

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Vicarial :: Vicarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes..

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..

Tithing :: Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.

Teind :: Teind (n.) A tithe.

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..

For :: For (n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it..

Rector :: Rector (n.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar..

Paronomasia :: Paronomasia (n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning..

Tither :: Tither (n.) One who collects tithes.

Untithed :: Untithed (a.) Not subjected tithes.

Antitheses :: Antitheses (pl. ) of Antithesi.

Hematotherma :: Hematotherma (n. pl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya..

Pension :: Pension (n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.

Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.

Adversative :: Adversative (a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force..

Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

Tithe :: Tithe (a.) Tenth.

Tenth :: Tenth (n.) The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe..

Rectory :: Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes..

Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..