tithe
part of speech
noun (a tithe, tithes); verb (tithe, tithes, tithed, tithing)
meaning for a pupil
1) (church) A tithe is one tenth of what a person earns or grows, given to the church or to God. tree →
2) (history) Long ago, farmers had to give a tithe of their crops to the local church. tree →
3) To tithe is to give a tithe. tree →
4) A tithe can also mean one tenth of any amount, not only of money or crops given to the church. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education, some Christians today still give a tenth of their income to their church; the idea comes from the Old Testament. In history lessons, tithe barns stored the grain farmers gave to the church. In maths, a tithe is ten per cent. Phrases: «pay a tithe», «tithe barn», «give a tithe».
examples
- A tithe is one tenth of what you have. tree →
- Long ago, farmers gave a tithe of their crops to the church. tree →
- The village still has an old tithe barn. tree →
- Some Christians tithe their wages. tree →
- If Lucy has thirty pounds and gives a tithe, she gives three pounds. tree →
- The Bible tells of Abraham giving a tithe to the priest Melchizedek. tree →
- Tithes were stored in big barns. tree →
- What Campbell has published represents only a tithe of what he collected. tree →
note
Countable noun; regular verb, past «tithed». Rhymes with «scythe». Maths: a tithe = 1/10 = 10 per cent; divide by 10.
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.