tithe proctorn.
/ˈtʌɪð prɒktə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪð ˌprɑktər/ Now historical.
An agent for the collection of tithes and other church dues; a tithe collector; = proctor n.1 1c.Frequently in Irish contexts.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of
proctorc1425
tithe gatherer1591
tither1591
tithing man1618
titheman1645
decimator1660
tithe-farmer1677
tithe proctor1767
1767 Rights Clergy of Ireland 8 It is the Clergyman alone that suffers, for the Tythe Proctor is paid out of his Substance.
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 103 They begun with the tythe-proctors, (who are men that hire tythes of the rectors) and these proctors either screwed the cotters up to the utmost shilling, or re-let the tythes to such as did it.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iv. 102 Tyranny and extortion..exercised by the tithe-proctors, or other persons renting the great tithes from the church of Exeter.
1898 M. MacDonagh Irish Life xiii. 229 The tithe-proctors..were objects of intense popular hatred.
1936 Times 13 Mar. 10/3 Like the Quakers, we do not believe in spreading Christianity by the brotherly agency of the tithe proctor.
2002 M. Luddy in A. Bourke et al. Field Day Anthology Irish Writing V. 69/2 They assaulted tithe proctors, executed arson attacks, intimidated individuals and even committed murder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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