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# tithe

«tithe» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **a tenth part** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

a tenth part

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

One tenth of what is produced or earned, given as a due, especially to the church or to God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tithe/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it is mainly used in a church sense. In these texts it was a tenth of produce owed as a duty, and the second sentence uses it for "a small part."

### examples

- And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. (Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tithe/#x1)
- What Campbell has published represents only a tithe of what he collected. (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tithe/#x2)
- Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year. (Torah DEU.14.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tithe/#x3)

### primary record

tithe

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 17 (Torah 13, tales 4, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.9 (Torah alone 30.3); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.865/)
- [Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.424/)
- [But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.55/)
- [Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.418/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tithe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tithe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.