tithing.
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
Meaning & usage
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): The tithe given as an offering to the church.
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): The payment of tithes.
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): 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.
A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing.
present participle and gerund of tithe
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing.
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