I. noun
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Etymology: Middle English tething, tithing, from Old English tēothung, from tēothian to tithe, take one tenth + -ung -ing — more at tithe , -ing
: a small administrative division locally preserved in many parts of England apparently originally consisting of ten men with their families or of the tenth part of the hundred — compare frankpledge
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of tithen to tithe
1. : the act of one that tithes : a paying, levying, or taking of tithes
2. : something that is taken or set apart as tithe : tithe