Tithing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Tithe.

II. Tithing ·noun The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.

III. Tithing ·noun A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.

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