tithingman

*1. Eng . Law : The chief man of a tithing; the person who presided over the tithing. "The tithing -men of the neighboring parishes were busied in setting up gibbets and providing chains."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. v. *2. A peace-officer; an under-constable. 3. A parish officer in New England, annually elected to preserve good order in the church during divine service, and to make complaint of any disorderly conduct.