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▸ noun: (historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.
▸ noun: A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).
▸ noun: A small part or proportion.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Tenth.
▸ verb: To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
▸ verb: (transitive) To pay something as a tithe.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.
▸ verb: To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
▸ verb: (transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.
▸ verb: (transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).
▸ verb: (transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To compose the tenth part of something.
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first-fruits,
levirate,
heave,
terumah,
maaser rishon,
maaser sheni,
maaser ani,
maaser beheima,
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