tithable
Adjective: "tithable" describes something or someone subject to the payment of a tithe, which is a tax or levy, typically one-tenth of one's income or produce, often paid to a church or religious institution.
- (All farmland was required to pay a tithe to the church.)
- (Only valuable properties were subject to the tithe tax.)
- (The harvest was legally required to contribute to the tithe.)
"tithable goods": items or products that are subject to the tithe.
- Grain, livestock, and wool were common tithable goods in the 17th century. (These agricultural products were taxed by the church.)
"tithable person": an individual who is obligated to pay a tithe.
- Every adult male landowner was considered a tithable person under the old system. (Each such person had a legal duty to pay the tithe.)
Tithe (noun): the tax or payment itself, typically one-tenth of income or produce.
- The tithe was collected annually by the church warden. (The one-tenth levy was gathered each year.)
Tithe (verb): to pay or impose a tithe.
- The parishioners tithed their crops to support the local church. (They gave one-tenth of their harvest as a religious tax.)
Tithing (noun): the practice or system of paying tithes; also, a group of ten households in some historical systems.
- Tithing was a fundamental obligation in many medieval communities. (The duty to give one-tenth of income was central to the social and religious structure.)
- Taxable: subject to a tax or levy.
- Leviable: capable of being legally imposed as a tax.
- Assessable: able to be evaluated for the purpose of taxation.
- There are no common idioms directly involving "tithable," but the concept is related to the phrase "pay one's tithe" meaning to fulfill one's religious or moral obligations.
- He always pays his tithe faithfully, believing it is a duty to God. (He regularly gives one-tenth of his income to the church.)
"Tithable" is a historical term most frequently encountered in legal, religious, and agricultural contexts from the medieval period through the early modern era. It was used in systems where tithes were mandatory, often for the support of the clergy, church maintenance, or poor relief. Today, the term is largely archaic but may appear in historical documents, legal texts about land tenure, or discussions of religious taxation.