TITHE
ADJECTIVES
► DECIMAL relating to tithes → 1641 obs.
NOUNS
► DECIM a tenth part, tithe → 1638 obs.
► DECIMATE tithing, tithe → 1641 obs.
► DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth → 1549
► EDECIMATION the act or process of taking a tithe or tenth → a1693 obs.
► REVE a rent or tithe → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TITHING one tenth given to the church; tithe → 925
NOUNS – PERSON
► ADECATIST one who is exempt from tithes, one who is against paying tithes → 1717 (Bk.)
► DECIMATOR an exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth → 1673 obs.
► TITHE-MAN 1. one who pays tithes → 1680 obs.
2. a collector of tithes → 1747
► TITHER 1. one who pays tithes → c1386
2. an exactor or receiver of tithes; also a supporter of the system of ecclesiastical tithes → 1591
► TITHING-MAN a collector of tithes → 1625
VERBS
► ADDECIMATE to subject a person to a tithe or tax of one-tenth → 1623 obs.
► DECIMATE to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth → 1656 obs.
► TITHE to grant or pay one tenth of one’s goods, earnings, etc., esp. to the support of the church; to pay tithes on one’s goods, lands, etc. → c897
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