tithe
n.n. a payment of one-tenth of your income or produce to a church or religious leader. It was a common practice in the past to show your support for the local church.
n. a tenth part of one's income, produce, or possessions paid as a religious tax or offering. Historically significant in various Christian traditions, particularly in the early medieval period.
The farmer paid his tithe to the local church every year.
The historical records show that the village's tithe was collected in grain to support the local monastery.
The abolition of the tithe in the nineteenth century marked a significant shift in the relationship between the state and the church, as it removed a primary source of ecclesiastical income.
From Middle English tithe, tythe, tethe, from Old English tēoþa, tēoða, teogoþa (in verb senses via Middle English tithen, tythen, tethen, from Old English tēoþian, teogoþian), from a proposed Proto-Germanic tehunþô, tehundô (“a tenth”), with its nasal consonant being lost according to the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law. Cognate with West Frisian tsiende (“tithe”), Saterland Frisian Teeged (“tithe”), Dutch tiende, German Low German Teihnte, German Zehnt (“tithe”), Danish tiende (“tithe”), Icelandic tíund (“tithe”), Dutch tiende (“tithe”).