TITHING


Meaning of TITHING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtī-thiŋ ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tēothung, from teogothian, tēothian to tithe, take one tenth

Date: before 12th century

: a small administrative division preserved in parts of England apparently originally made up of ten men with their families

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