| 单词 | tithe-farmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmastithe-farmer tithe-farmer n. a tithe collector (cf. farmer n.2 1a). ΘΚΠ 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 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. *Cc2/3 Fermier de dîmes, a Tithe-Farmer. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 217 These tythe farmers are a bad set of people. 2016 T. Lange Excommun. for Debt in Late Medieval France ii. 76 The collection of tithes was often leased to entrepreneurial tithe-farmers, who paid a variable but predetermined lease to the tithe-holder, pocketing what was ideally a surplus. < as lemmas |
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