tithing

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ Rhymes: -aɪðɪŋ === Noun === tithing (plural tithings) A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly): The tithe given as an offering to the church. The payment of tithes. The collection of tithes. (dialectal) Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor). (historical, law) A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior. Synonym: tenmantale (historical, law) A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory. ==== Synonyms ==== (tenth): See tenth and tithe (oath-bound division of the hundred): decenary, decime, frankpledge, fribourg ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== (oath-bound division of the hundred, adj.): decenary (oath-bound division of the hundred, leader): See tithingman (oath-bound division of the hundred, member): See decenary === Verb === tithing present participle and gerund of tithe === References === === Anagrams === hitting