Definition of "tiding" [ti•ding]

• A piece of information or news. Often used in the plural: tidings of great joy; sad tidings. See Synonyms at news. (noun)

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• "The German Government could, therefore, offer no security to foreign capital or to foreign bankers which would justify loans which might be used in tiding over a period of financial reorganization."
• ""I spare you ... because your heart was always rooted in fairness and good tiding," Sheen said."
• "My dad was a minister in Louisiana, and I saw the rise of evangelicalism, tiding with racism, leading to what we have now."