Definition of tithe

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Tithe (a.) Tenth.

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Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
Diverb :: Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
Offering :: Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings..
Hematocrya :: Hematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma..
Modus :: Modus (n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi..
Tithe :: Tithe (n.) Hence, a small part or proportion..
Con :: Con (adv.) Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro..
Antimetathesis :: Antimetathesis (n.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
Untithed :: Untithed (a.) Not subjected tithes.
Antithetic :: Antithetic (a.) Alt. of Antithetica.
Pernancy :: Pernancy (n.) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits..
Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..
Counterterm :: Counterterm (n.) A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, foe is the counterterm of friend..
Antitheism :: Antitheism (n.) The doctrine of antitheists.
Parsonage :: Parsonage (n.) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish..
Tither :: Tither (n.) One who collects tithes.
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..
To :: To (prep.) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand..
Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
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..
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