tithe C2+ Topic:Money & Finance Also spelled tythe US /taɪð/ UK /taɪð/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like tide /ð/ vs /d/ Meanings 1 noun a tenth of one's income given to the church or as a tax Each family paid a tithe of grain to the parish every harvest. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a tenth of one's income... tenthlevytaxcontributionoffering Word family Derived forms tithingtither Related forms tenthten Etymology AI details From Old English teotha ('tenth'), the ordinal of tien ('ten'), used for the tenth part rendered to the church. teotha Old English tien Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tithe **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /taɪð/ **IPA (UK):** /taɪð/ ## Meanings 1. a tenth of one's income given to the church or as a tax ## Examples - Each family paid a tithe of grain to the parish every harvest. ## Synonyms - tenth - levy - tax - contribution - offering ## Derived Forms - tithing - tither ## Related Forms - tenth - ten ## Roots and Affixes - Root: teotha - Root: tien ## Etymology From Old English teotha ('tenth'), the ordinal of tien ('ten'), used for the tenth part rendered to the church. ## AI Etymology Tithe is from Old English teotha ('tenth'), the ordinal of tien ('ten'), used for the tenth part rendered to the church. Important recorded forms include teotha (Old English) and tien (Old English). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a tenth of one's income given to the church or as a tax. The wider family includes derived forms such as tithing and tither and related words such as tenth and ten. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown