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Tithing
(gcide) | 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.
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Ye tithe mint and rue. --Luke xi. 42.
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Tithing
(gcide) | Tithing \Tith"ing\, n. [AS. te['o]?ung.]
1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken
as tithe; a tithe.
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To take tithing of their blood and sweat. --Motley.
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2. (O. Eng. Law) A number or company of ten householders who,
dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to
the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.
--Blackstone.
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TITHING
(bouvier) | TITHING, Eng. law. Formerly a district containing ten men with their
families. In each tithing there was a tithing man whose duty it was to keep
the peace, as a constable now is bound to do. St. Armand, in his Historical
Essay on the Legislative Power of England, p. 70, expresses, an opinion that
the tithing was composed not of ten common families, but of ten families of
lords of a manor.
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tithing
(encz) | tithing, |
Tithing
(gcide) | 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.
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Ye tithe mint and rue. --Luke xi. 42.
[1913 Webster]Tithing \Tith"ing\, n. [AS. te['o]?ung.]
1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken
as tithe; a tithe.
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To take tithing of their blood and sweat. --Motley.
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2. (O. Eng. Law) A number or company of ten householders who,
dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to
the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.
--Blackstone.
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Tithingman
(gcide) | Tithingman \Tith"ing*man\, n.; pl. Tithingmen.
1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough;
one elected to preside over the tithing.
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2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable.
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3. A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order
in the church during divine service, to make complaint of
any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of
the Sabbath. [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow
\Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary,
consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder,
boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes
tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
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2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
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tithingman
(gcide) | Tithingman \Tith"ing*man\, n.; pl. Tithingmen.
1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough;
one elected to preside over the tithing.
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2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable.
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3. A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order
in the church during divine service, to make complaint of
any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of
the Sabbath. [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow
\Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary,
consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder,
boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes
tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
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2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
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Tithingmen
(gcide) | Tithingman \Tith"ing*man\, n.; pl. Tithingmen.
1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough;
one elected to preside over the tithing.
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2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable.
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3. A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order
in the church during divine service, to make complaint of
any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of
the Sabbath. [Local, U. S.]
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