frankpledge vs tithing

frankpledge

noun
  • The tithing itself. 

  • A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge. 

  • Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment. 

  • A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing. 

tithing

noun
  • The payment of tithes. 

  • A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory. 

  • The collection of tithes. 

  • Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor). 

  • The tithe given as an offering to the church. 

  • A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior. 

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