tithe

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Dwumfour said in a 2017 sermon posted online, extolling a central tenet of the prosperity gospel theology: that good things come to those who tithe.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

“Believing God wants you to tithe and doing it are two different things,” Mr. McConnell said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2023

People produced what they were going to consume, and surplus went to the lord or the church as a mandatory tax, usually 10 percent, called the tithe.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

She says both congregants and local pastors at her former church were expected to give a "tithe" of 10% of their monthly income to finance the church and its leadership in Nigeria.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023

I talked straight through the night, and he silently took my confes sions, maledictions, as though he were some font of blessing at which I might leave a final belated tithe.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee