单词 | tithe gatherer |
释义 | > as lemmastithe gatherer tithe gatherer n. a tithe collector. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of proctorc1425 tithe gatherer1591 tither1591 tithing man1618 titheman1645 decimator1660 tithe-farmer1677 tithe proctor1767 1591 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 66 Spente by the tythe getherares, vd. 1678 T. Atkinson Christians Testimony against Tythes 6 One George Rigg his Tythe gatherer, a man of no good repute. 1792 A. Young Trav. France ii. xiv. 433 When the state..permits the cultivators to become the prey of a tythe-gatherer, or loads them with the support of the poor. 1877 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 596 All the produce of the poor people..became the property of the tithe-gatherer. 1999 A. Wood Politics of Social Confl. x. 232 The miners responded..by assaulting the tithe gatherers. < as lemmas |
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