TITHE
What does "TITHE" mean?
A tenth of one's income or produce paid as a contribution to a church or as a tax.
Meanings
- A tenth part of income or goods given to support a religious institution. The congregation pledged a tithe of their earnings each year.
- A historical tax of one tenth, especially of farm produce, paid to the church or state. Medieval peasants owed a tithe of their grain to the local parish. historical
- To pay or give a tenth of one's income, especially to a church. They tithe faithfully every month.
Did you know?
- 'Tithe' is literally just the old word for 'tenth' - the same 'ten' you count to, frozen into a word that means giving one part in ten away.
Word origin
From Old English 'tēoþa', meaning 'tenth', the ordinal form of 'ten'; the modern spelling and the religious sense both come from this 'one-tenth' meaning.
Remember it
TITHE = 'a TenTH' rearranged; both are about one part in ten, and both end in 'th'.
A little poem
One sheaf in ten laid down upon the stone-
the harvest learns no field is yours alone.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why is a tithe good at math? It always knows exactly one tenth of everything you've got.
What it teaches
Giving a measured share keeps the rest from owning you; gratitude is best when it has a number.
Quick facts
What does TITHE mean?
A tenth of one's income or produce paid as a contribution to a church or as a tax.
Is TITHE a valid word?
Yes — TITHE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TITHE?
TITHE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TITHE come from?
From Old English 'tēoþa', meaning 'tenth', the ordinal form of 'ten'; the modern spelling and the religious sense both come from this 'one-tenth' meaning.
What can TITHE teach us?
Giving a measured share keeps the rest from owning you; gratitude is best when it has a number.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.