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什一稅,什一的教區稅,小部分課什一稅繳什一稅

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tithe \Tithe\, a.
   Tenth. [Obs.]

         Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. --Shak.

Tithe \Tithe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tithed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tithing}.] [As. te['o]?ian.]
   To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to
   pay tithes on.

         Ye tithe mint and rue.                   --Luke xi. 42.

Tithe \Tithe\, v. i.
   Tp pay tithes. [R.] --Tusser.

Tithe \Tithe\, n. [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth,
   AS. te['o]?a the tenth; akin to ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]n, ten, G.
   zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. t[=i]und the tenth;
   tithe, Goth. ta['i]hunda tenth. See {Ten}, and cf. {Tenth},
   {Teind}.]
   1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the
      tenthpart 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.
      Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by
      law into rent charges.

            The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil.
                                                  --Neh. xiii.
                                                  5.

   Note: Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor,
         art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from
         the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when
         accuring from beaste fed from the ground. --Blackstone.

   2. Hence, a small part or proportion. --Bacon.

   {Great tithes}, tithes of corn, hay, and wood.

   {Mixed tithes}, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc.

   {Small tithes}, personal and mixed tithes.

   {Tithe commissioner}, one of a board of officers appointed by
      the government for arranging propositions for commuting,
      or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] --Simmonds.

資料來源 : WordNet®

tithe
     v 1: exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"
     2: levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was thithed"
     3: pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church;
        "He tithed his income to the Church"
     4: pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church;
        "Although she left the church officially, she still
        tithes"

tithe
     n 1: a levy of one tenth of something
     2: an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
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