tithing
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tith·ing
(tī'THĭng) 
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An administrative division consisting of ten householders in the old English system of frankpledge.
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An administrative division consisting of ten householders in the old English system of frankpledge.
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
In Western ecclesiastical law, the act of paying a percentage of one's income to further religious purposes. One of the political subdivisions of England that was composed of ten families who held freehold estates.
Residents of a tithing were joined in a society and bound to the king to maintain peaceful relations with each other. The person responsible for the administration of the tithing was called the tithing-man; he was a forerunner of the constable.
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- Practice and Doctrine - tithing: paying one-tenth of one’s income to support church
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