Tithe

tīth, n. a tenth part, hence any indefinitely small part: the tenth of the produce of land and stock allotted for the maintenance of the clergy and other church purposes: any rateable tax payable in kind or by commutation of its value in money.— v.t. to tax to a tenth.— adjs. Tī′thable , subject to the payment of tithes; Tithe′-free , exempt from paying tithes.— n. Tithe′-gath′erer , one who collects tithes.— adj. Tithe′-pay′ing , subjected to pay tithes.— ns. Tithe′-pig , one pig out of ten paid as a tithe; Tithe′-proc′tor , a levier or collector of tithes; Tī′ther , one who collects tithes; Tī′thing , an old Saxon district containing ten householders, each responsible for the behaviour of the rest; Tī′thing-man , the chief man of a tithing. [A.S. teóða , tenth— teón , or týn , ten; cog. with Ger. zehnte — zehn .]