Definitions for tithing

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tithing tith·ing

Spelling: [tahy-th ing]

IPA: /ˈtaɪ ðɪŋ/

Tithing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in tithing (ghiintt).

Definitions for tithing

noun

1. a tithe.
2. a giving or an exacting of tithes.
3. a grouping of men, originally 10 in number, for legal and security purposes in the Anglo-Saxon and Norman system of frankpledge.
4. a rural division in England, originally regarded as one tenth of a hundred, descended from this system.
5. Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
6. any tax, levy, or the like, especially of one-tenth.
7. a tenth part or any indefinitely small part of anything.

verb (used with object)

1. to give or pay a tithe or tenth of (produce, money, etc.).
2. to give or pay tithes on (crops, income, etc.).
3. to exact a tithe from (a person, community, parish, etc.).
4. to levy a tithe on (crops, income, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to give or pay a tithe.

Origin of tithing

before 950; Middle English; Old English tigething. See tithe, -ing¹

Examples for tithing

This tithing system has provided ever since the principal revenue of the church.

The administration of the law of tithing has been excessively cruel in Europe.

Suddenly there came a tap of the tithing stick on his head, and he was in disgrace.

I pay my tithing, not only because it is a law of God, but because I expect a blessing by doing it.

Stories abound about his private charity—not just tithing, but personal outreach to neighbors in need.

The law of tithing is a test by which the people as individuals shall be proved.

State the requirements made by revelation for the tithing of the people today.

It was a solemn time after one had been touched by the tithing rod.

To Horace Greeley's question, "What is done with the proceeds of this tithing?"

Will you observe the law of tithing and all the other requirements of the gospel?