"tithing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ [US] Forms: tithings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪðɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“tithe, n.”) + -ing (“forming patronymics & diminutives”) and tēoðian (“tithe, v.”) + -ung (“forming verbal nouns”). Equivalent to tithe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tithyng}} Middle English tithyng, {{inh|en|ang|tēoþung}} Old English tēoþung, {{m|ang|tēoðung}} tēoðung, {{m|ang|tēoða||tithe, n.}} tēoða (“tithe, n.”), {{m|en|-ing#Etymology 3|-ing|forming patronymics & diminutives}} -ing (“forming patronymics & diminutives”), {{m|ang|tēoðian||tithe, v.}} tēoðian (“tithe, v.”), {{m|en|-ing#Etymology 1|-ung|forming verbal nouns}} -ung (“forming verbal nouns”), {{af|en|tithe|-ing}} tithe + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} tithing (plural tithings)
  1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
    The tithe given as an offering to the church.
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-noun-UId14SxO
  2. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
    The payment of tithes.
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-noun-SalyQM14
  3. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
    The collection of tithes.
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-noun-ooDJIX8O
  4. (dialectal) Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor). Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-noun-BrmMYcCB
  5. (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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-noun-LRgVnBHs Topics: law
  6. (historical, law) A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law Synonyms (oath-bound division of the hundred): decenary, decime, frankpledge, fribourg Related terms (oath-bound division of the hundred): decenary [adjective] Related terms (oath-bound division of the hundred, leader): tithingman Related terms (oath-bound division of the hundred, member): decenary
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-noun-Mkref6iT Topics: law Disambiguation of 'oath-bound division of the hundred': 8 6 4 7 18 57 Disambiguation of 'oath-bound division of the hundred': 8 6 4 7 18 57 Disambiguation of 'oath-bound division of the hundred, leader': 8 6 4 7 18 57 Disambiguation of 'oath-bound division of the hundred, member': 8 6 4 7 18 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (tenth): tenth and tithe Derived forms: tithing-barn, tithing days, tithingman, tithing-man, tithing-penny, tithing port, tithing-sheaf, tithing-system, tithing table, tithing-time
Disambiguation of 'tenth': 23 23 23 10 19 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ [US]
Rhymes: -aɪðɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“tithe, n.”) + -ing (“forming patronymics & diminutives”) and tēoðian (“tithe, v.”) + -ung (“forming verbal nouns”). Equivalent to tithe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tithyng}} Middle English tithyng, {{inh|en|ang|tēoþung}} Old English tēoþung, {{m|ang|tēoðung}} tēoðung, {{m|ang|tēoða||tithe, n.}} tēoða (“tithe, n.”), {{m|en|-ing#Etymology 3|-ing|forming patronymics & diminutives}} -ing (“forming patronymics & diminutives”), {{m|ang|tēoðian||tithe, v.}} tēoðian (“tithe, v.”), {{m|en|-ing#Etymology 1|-ung|forming verbal nouns}} -ung (“forming verbal nouns”), {{af|en|tithe|-ing}} tithe + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tithing
  1. present participle and gerund of tithe Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tithe Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-tithing-en-verb-A3st4HVY Disambiguation of Death: 1 2 2 13 23 5 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 4 17 19 4 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 8 5 17 17 5 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 9 6 16 15 6 43 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 8 22 6 17 14 6 27 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 7 11 6 16 16 6 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 12 9 8 15 11 6 39

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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