Definition of tithe

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Tithe (a.) Tenth.

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Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) Opposition; contrast.
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..
Tythe :: Tythe (n.) See Tithe.
Diverb :: Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
Grange :: Grange (n.) A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited..
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations..
Italic :: Italic (n.) An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters..
Parsonage :: Parsonage (n.) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish..
Antithetically :: Antithetically (adv.) By way antithesis.
Antitheist :: Antitheist (n.) A disbeliever in the existence of God.
Offering :: Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings..
Adversative :: Adversative (a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force..
Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
Disme :: Disme (n.) A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.
Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The granting of tithes to laymen.
Impropriation :: Impropriation (n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated..
Temporality :: Temporality (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Antithetic :: Antithetic (a.) Alt. of Antithetica.
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