tithe
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The Musk tithe seems characteristic of an project that so far has divulged few specific details over what would be cut, but promises to reap great personal benefits for its appointed heads.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024
Issues of Seren Gomer, the first newspaper to be published in Welsh, are missing, as are a number of tithe maps produced between 1838 and 1850.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023
About 31% said they give a full tithe, and 19% said they donate more than 10% of their earnings.
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
If there has ever been a conqueror who did not exact this most devastating tithe from his subjects, he is unknown to history.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing tithe
The Pearl
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