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# tithe

«tithe» in Mova's school dictionary: **one tenth of what a person earns or grows, given to the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tithe, tithes); verb (tithe, tithes, tithed, tithing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A tithe is one tenth of what a person earns or grows, given to the church or to God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#m1)

2) (history) Long ago, farmers had to give a tithe of their crops to the local church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#m2)

3) To tithe is to give a tithe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#m3)

4) A tithe can also mean one tenth of any amount, not only of money or crops given to the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education, some Christians today still give a tenth of their income to their church; the idea comes from the Old Testament. In history lessons, tithe barns stored the grain farmers gave to the church. In maths, a tithe is ten per cent. Phrases: «pay a tithe», «tithe barn», «give a tithe».

### examples

- A tithe is one tenth of what you have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x1)
- Long ago, farmers gave a tithe of their crops to the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x2)
- The village still has an old tithe barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x3)
- Some Christians tithe their wages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x4)
- If Lucy has thirty pounds and gives a tithe, she gives three pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x5)
- The Bible tells of Abraham giving a tithe to the priest Melchizedek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x6)
- Tithes were stored in big barns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x7)
- What Campbell has published represents only a tithe of what he collected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; regular verb, past «tithed». Rhymes with «scythe». Maths: a tithe = 1/10 = 10 per cent; divide by 10.

### 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/school/T/tithe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.