Tithing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An administrative division consisting of ten householders in the old English system of frankpledge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A rural division of land, originally corresponding to ten households under the frank-pledge system.
  • v. Present participle of tithe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In old English law, a decennary; a number or company of about ten householders, or one tenth of a hundred (which see), who, dwelling near each other, were regarded as constituting a distinct community for some purposes of civil order and police regulation, the several members being treated as sureties or free pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other.
  • n. The act of levying or taking tithe; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
  • n. Tidings.
  • Word Usage
    "Jackson Lears would add another explanation: tithing is like the moment the gambler lays his money down on the table — it “promises at least a fleeting opportunity to contact a realm where hope is alive,” he writes."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tithe    decennary   
    Verb Stem
    tithe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    writhing   
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