| 单词 | large tithe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslarge tithe large tithe n. now historical a predial tithe paid on agricultural products produced in large quantities, such as grain, hay, and wood, and typically due to the rector of the parish; = great tithe n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e; cf. tithe n.2 1a. ΚΠ 1644 C. Blackwood Storming of Antichrist 57 This parochiall constitution, and the large tithes that doe accompany it. 1783 J. Rayner Cases at Large conc. Tithes II. 394 When potatoes are sown in gardens, they are a small tithe, and when in fields a large tithe. 1856 London Q. Rev. Apr. 132 There are eighty other such livings, of which the large tithes are impropriated. 1992 T. Dunlap tr. P. Blickle Communal Reformation ii. 41 The tithe, in the form of the large tithe of grain, loomed largest among all the charges exacted from the peasant. < as lemmas |
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