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tithe |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tithe \Tithe\, a. Tenth [Obs.] Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tithe \Tithe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tithed}; p. pr & vb n. {Tithing}.] [As. te['o]?ian.] To levy a tenth part on to tax to the amount of a tenth to pay tithes on Ye tithe mint and rue. --Luke xi 42. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tithe \Tithe\, v. i. Tp pay tithes. [R.] --Tusser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tithe \Tithe\, n. [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth AS te['o]?a the tenth akin to ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]n, ten G. zehnte adj., tenth n., a tithe, Icel. t[=i]und the tenth tithe, Goth. ta['i]hunda tenth See {Ten}, and cf {Tenth}, {Teind}.] 1. A tenth the tenth part of anything specifically, the tenthpart 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. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. --Neh. xiii. 5. Note: Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. --Blackstone. 2. Hence a small part or proportion. --Bacon. {Great tithes}, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. {Mixed tithes}, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc {Small tithes}, personal and mixed tithes. {Tithe commissioner}, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for tithes. [Eng.] --Simmonds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tithe n 1: a levy of one tenth of something 2: an offering of a tenth part of some personal income From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Tithe a tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth to God was recognized as a duty before the time of Moses. Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek (Gen. 14:20; Heb. 7:6); and Jacob vowed unto the Lord and said "Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." The first Mosaic law on this subject is recorded in Lev. 27:30-32. Subsequent legislation regulated the destination of the tithes (Num. 18:21-24, 26-28; Deut. 12:5, 6, 11, 17; 14:22, 23). The paying of the tithes was an important part of the Jewish religious worship. In the days of Hezekiah one of the first results of the reformation of religion was the eagerness with which the people brought in their tithes (2 Chr. 31:5, 6). The neglect of this duty was sternly rebuked by the prophets (Amos 4:4; Mal. 3:8-10). It cannot be affirmed that the Old Testament law of tithes is binding on the Christian Church, nevertheless the principle of this law remains, and is incorporated in the gospel (1 Cor. 9:13, 14); and if as is the case, the motive that ought to prompt to liberality in the cause of religion and of the service of God be greater now than in Old Testament times, then Christians outght to go beyond the ancient Hebrew in consecrating both themselves and their substance to God. Every Jew was required by the Levitical law to pay three tithes of his property (1) one tithe for the Levites (2) one for the use of the temple and the great feasts; and (3) one for the poor of the land.
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