# tithing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ · frequency rank #56,490

## Definitions
1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
2. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
3. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
4. Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor).
5. A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
6. A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.

## Etymology
From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tithing