tithe

«tithe» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: a tenth part — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

a tenth part

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

One tenth of what is produced or earned, given as a due, especially to the church or to God. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it is mainly used in a church sense. In these texts it was a tenth of produce owed as a duty, and the second sentence uses it for "a small part."

examples

• And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. (Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• What Campbell has published represents only a tithe of what he collected. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year. (Torah DEU.14.22, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

tithe

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 17 (Torah 13, tales 4, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.9 (Torah alone 30.3); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.
• Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year.
• But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.
• Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tithe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.