释义 |
tithing I. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English tething, tithing, from Old English tēothung, from tēothian to tithe, take one tenth + -ung -ing — more at tithe, -ing : a small administrative division locally preserved in many parts of England apparently originally consisting of ten men with their families or of the tenth part of the hundred — compare frankpledge II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of tithen to tithe 1. : the act of one that tithes : a paying, levying, or taking of tithes 2. : something that is taken or set apart as tithe : tithe |