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Tithe

/taɪð/

A tenth.

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📖 Definitions of "Tithe"

noun

1
A tenth.
2
The tenth part 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.
3
A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church)
4
A small part or proportion.

verb

1
To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
2
To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
3
To compose the tenth part of something.

adjective

1
Tenth.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tithe"

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proctornoun	(Canada, US, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
predialnoun	(transitive) To dial in advance.
tenthnoun	The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
agistmentnoun	The taking in by anyone of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
proctorsnoun	(Canada, US, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
stealersnoun	(chiefly in combination) One who steals; a thief.
tythenoun	Obsolete spelling of tithe. [(archaic) A tenth.]
tythingnoun	Obsolete spelling of tithing. [A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):]
decimanoun	(Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
decimnoun	(uncommon) A decimeter.
dismenoun	(US, dated, 18th century) A dime minted in 1792.
decimenoun	(informal) A 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value.
tiendnoun	Alternative form of teind. [(Scotland) A tithe.]
decenarynoun	(law, historical) A tithing.
décimenoun	Alternative form of decime (“coin”). [(historical, law, obsolete) Synonym of tithing (a division of the hundreds of medieval England)]
pointnoun	A small dot or mark.
tithingmannoun	A tithe proctor: a collector of tithes.
décimanoun	(poetry) Alternative form of decima. [(generally obsolete) A tenth, particularly]
decennarynoun	A decennium: a period of ten years.
decimateverb	(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.