tithe vs tithing

tithe

noun
  • A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church) 

  • The tenth part 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. 

  • A small part or proportion. 

verb
  • To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something. 

  • To enforce or collect a tithe. 

  • To pay something as a tithe. 

  • To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax 

  • To pay a tithe upon something. 

  • To take one-tenth or a tithe of something 

  • To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011). 

  • To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax. 

  • To impose a tithe upon someone or something. 

tithing

noun
  • The tithe given as an offering to the church. 

  • 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). 

  • 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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