Definition of tithing

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Tithing (n.) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary..

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Frankpledge :: Frankpledge (n.) The tithing itself.
Burghbrech :: Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.
Borsholder :: Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable..
Sheading :: Sheading (v. t.) A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings..
Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder..
Decimation :: Decimation (n.) A tithing.
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
Tything :: Tything (n.) See Tithing.
Decennary :: Decennary (n.) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.
Frankpledge :: Frankpledge (n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety..
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary..
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
Tithing :: Tithing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tith.
Tithingmen :: Tithingmen (pl. ) of Tithingma.
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath..
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) A peace officer; an under constable.
Friborgh :: Friborgh (n.) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge..
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