Definition of "tithes" []

• Plural form of tithe. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tithe. (verb)

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• "This Act had been passed by the Imperial Parliament for the purpose of satisfying the French-Canadians; it has reintroduced the former Canadian Civil Law displaced in 1763 by the English Law, and had allowed the Roman Catholic clergy to obtain tithes from the members of their own Church."
• "When the Cordelier heard the word tithes, he began to think that he was in a fix, and did not know what to reply except to beg for mercy, and to excuse himself as well as he could."
• "From this time I shall use the word tithes for tenths, and the word clergy instead of ministers of the Gospel."