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n. (plural of tithe English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: tithe)

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He shall also have and receive the tithes of all fish-ponds whatsoever, within the said parish, wheresoever made, or that hereafter shall be made.

The bishops and other patrons thus assigned the great tithes of corn of many parishes to religious foundations elsewhere, only leaving the incumbent the smaller tithe from other crops - an arrangement which has resulted in many abuses.

The small tithes which remained being inadequate to the support of the vicar and his necessary assistants, the church of Otterbourne was consolidated with that of Hursley, and the tithes of that parish, both great and small, were given to them to make up a sufficient maintenance - an arrangement which, in that dark age, was thought not only justifiable but even laudable, but which nevertheless deserves to this day to be severely censured, since not only the minister but both the parishes and the cause of religion have suffered a serious and continued injury from it.

Mair arranged with Borin that you would bear the tithes, and then she went on ahead, to the cathedral.

Middle Ages that tithes might be applied to any church purpose, and were not the exclusive right of the actual parish priest, provided he obtained a sufficient maintenance, which in those days of celibacy was not very expensive.

Unfortunately, however, for the parishioners, as well as for the minister, it was, about the year 1300, reduced to a vicarage, and the great tithes appropriated to the College of St.

He shall also have and receive all offerings belonging to the church of Hursley, and all small tithes arising within the parish of the same, viz.

He shall also receive the tithes of mills already erected, or that shall be erected.

He shall also receive and have all personal tithes of all traders, servants, labourers, and artificers whatsoever, due to the said church.

The tithes given by the Endowment to the President and Chaplains of St.

DE WELEWYCK, styled Clericus, succeeded in 1296 on the resignation of Paganus and was the last rector, the benefice having in his time been reduced to a vicarage by the appropriation of the rectorial-house, tithes, and glebe to the College of St.

The endowment was provided by the chapter of Winchester giving up the great tithes, and a subscription of which T.

William Gibbs, who purchased the advowson of Otterbourne for a sum that Sir William applied to the endowment of Hursley, so as to compensate for the loss of the tithes of Otterbourne.

These mostly concerned the farming of provincial taxes and tithes, though they also covered the erection or restoration of numerous State-owned buildings and public facilities, from the refurbishment of latrines to circus bleachers, bridge making, basilicae.

They invaded the Income Tax and Tithes Headquarters, disrupted the computer systems with great efficiency and thoroughness, and made their escape in a Hadenman starship.