tithing
/ˈtaɪðɪŋ/
tithing noun: the tithe given as an offering to the church. Also the present participle and gerund of tithe.
Noun
tithing (plural tithings)
- The tithe given as an offering to the church.
- I prayed for the sick and saw some of them healed under my hands. I was given tithings of money and food by people who had not enough to eat themselves.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 294
- The payment of tithes.
- The collection of tithes.
- Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor).
- I see the boys of summer in their ruin / Lay the gold tithings barren, / Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils1934, Dylan Thomas, “I see the boys of summer”, in 18 Poems, London: The Fortune Press
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- tenmantale
- A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
- Synonyms:
- decenary, decime, frankpledge, fribourg
Also used as
tithing is also the present participle and gerund of tithe.
Synonyms of tithing
- tenmantale
- decenary
- decime
- frankpledge
- fribourg
- tenth and tithe
Forms of tithing
| plural | tithings |
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Origin of tithing
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.
Words formed from tithing
- tithing-barn
- tithing days
- tithingman
- tithing-man
- tithing-penny
- tithing port
- tithing-sheaf
- tithing-system
- tithing table
- tithing-time
Questions about tithing
- What does tithing mean?
- Tithing means the tithe given as an offering to the church.
- What part of speech is tithing?
- Tithing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tithing?
- Tithing is pronounced /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of tithing?
- The plural of tithing is tithings.
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