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tither
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Word definitions for tither in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "one who pays a tithe," agent noun from tithe (v.). As "one who exacts a tithe," 1590s.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who pays tithes
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who collects tithes. 2 One who pays tithes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tither \Tith"er\, n. One who collects tithes. --Milton. One who pays tithes. [R.] --Chaucer.
Usage examples of tither.
Lord, that would certainly push her aunt into a tither, Christina thought.
See the hundreds of people rushing hither and tither, helping the folks who had come in from the dead countryside, providing food and shelter and some scrap of normality among the insanity.
Jesus, by preaching against the traditions of the elders, by not observing the Sabbath day so rigidly as the Pharisees, by denouncing them as hypocrites, tithers of mint anise and cummin, washers of plates and platters, and neglecters of the weightier matters of the law, justice, judgment, and mercy, as serpents, a generation of vipers, whited sepulchres, and what not, had enraged these superstitious fanatics to the last degree.
The other horses had broken their tithers and bolted during the fight.