Definition of tithe

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Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart 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. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges..

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Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) Opposition; contrast.
Antithetical :: Antithetical (a.) Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted..
Altarage :: Altarage (n.) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes..
Antitheism :: Antitheism (n.) The doctrine of antitheists.
Adversative :: Adversative (a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force..
Predial :: Predial (a.) Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes..
Modus :: Modus (n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi..
Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
Rector :: Rector (n.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar..
Grange :: Grange (n.) A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited..
Wike :: Wike (n.) A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker..
Hematocrya :: Hematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma..
For :: For (n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it..
Tithe :: Tithe (a.) Tenth.
Tithed :: Tithed (imp. & p. p.) of Tith.
Indecimable :: Indecimable (a.) Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes..
Tithe :: Tithe (v. i.) Tp pay tithes.
Rectory :: Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes..
Teind :: Teind (n.) A tithe.
Antithetically :: Antithetically (adv.) By way antithesis.
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