单词 | titheman |
释义 | tithemann. a. In medieval England: the chief member of a tithing (tithing n.1 2) in a system of frank-pledge (frank-pledge n. 1a); (later) a parish officer having the same role and function as a petty constable; = tithingman n.1 2a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > constable > of a parish or tithing tithingmanlOE Petty Constable1472 tithemana1475 thirdborough?c1475 petty constable1574 parish officer1646 parish watcha1745 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 69 At þe lawdai..william edrich, tetheman, & his felawis I-swore, presentid þat [etc.]. 1607 E. Howes Stow's Chron. (new ed.) 447 Of the common people died, very many Constables, Reues, Tithmen, and Iurors, and namely of one Iury being xii. of them, died xi. b. North American (colonial). In Maryland: an elected officer of a township, having the same role and function as a petty constable; = tithingman n.1 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] > of township in parts of U.S. titheman1639 tithingman1639 supervisor1792 township trustee1817 1639 Laws Maryland in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 54 The Lord of every Mannour..Shall yearly..nominate..some Inhabitant of the Mannour..to be tithman of that Mannour. 2. A person responsible for collecting tithes; a tithe collector. Cf. tithing man n.2 Now historical. 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 1645 F. Rous Anc. Bounds i. ii. 8 The Magistrate is Gods Titheman or Officer to gather them in for him. 1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum 342 Too little [wool] to cloath the backs of Ministers, if such persons might be their Tythe-men. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. V4 In my time I have known it taken every twentieth Dish in some Places by the Tythman; in others every tenth. 1772 T. Simpson Compl. Vermin-killer 19 Crows are worse than tithe-men, as they take their tithes at three different times a year. 1831 J. Morton Gloucestershire Hill-farm 22 in Farm-rep. Nothing can be more galling to an industrious man, than that..the tithe-man should come and take the tenth of the fruits of his industry, capital and talent. 1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village ii. 36 The titheman came with the parson's horses and took the stuff away to the barn. 1952 A. J. Barnouw Pageant Netherlands Hist. viii. 228 They paid their tithes to the tithemen. 2003 M. F. Snape Church of Eng. in Industrialising Society iv. 105 These local tithemen seem to have been charged with collecting a fixed value of tithe in their designated areas. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > payment of tithes > one who titherc1405 halver1625 titheman1650 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Lev. xxv. 2) 164 By this seventh year Sabbath, they professed, That their Land belonged to God, and that they were onely his hindes, his tenants, and tith-men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1475 |
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