| 单词 | tithing port |
| 释义 | > as lemmastithing port General attributive, as tithing port, tithing time, etc. ΚΠ 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 13 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 56 As often as the saide predyall Tythes shalbe due, and at the tythinge tyme of the same. 1691 C. Mather Triumphs Reformed Relig. in Amer. ii. iv. 56 He was very sollicitous that the Lambs might pass under the Lords Tything Rod. 1800 W. Cowper Poems (new ed.) II. 336 But oh! it cuts him like a sithe When tithing time draws near. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxiii. 171 This place he..erected..into a regular tithing port for levying toll on all vessels coming out of the Euxine. 1904 F. W. Maitland Let. 19 May (1965) 305 We still want a little more light on the tithing system. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 June 17/1 (advt.) Gavitt's study examines the change in the tithing patterns of wealthy Florentines as they began to give less money to the religious orders. 2011 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 4/3 The maintenance of the tithing system that supported the Anglican clergy in Ireland. < as lemmas |
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