Definition of tithe

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Tithe (a.) Tenth.

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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..
Tither :: Tither (n.) One who collects tithes.
Pension :: Pension (n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
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..
Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The granting of tithes to laymen.
To :: To (prep.) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand..
Rectory :: Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes..
Temporality :: Temporality (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Tithed :: Tithed (imp. & p. p.) of Tith.
Tenth :: Tenth (n.) The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe..
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..
Hematotherma :: Hematotherma (n. pl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya..
Indecimable :: Indecimable (a.) Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes..
Hematocrya :: Hematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma..
Tither :: Tither (n.) One who pays tithes.
Tithe :: Tithe (n.) Hence, a small part or proportion..
Wike :: Wike (n.) A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker..
Tythe :: Tythe (n.) See Tithe.
Untithed :: Untithed (a.) Not subjected tithes.
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..
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