Definition of "tithingman" []

• The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. (noun)
• A peace officer; an underconstable. (noun)
• A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. (noun)

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• ""There's a witch girl naming other witches," said the tithingman."
• "When someone was breaking the sumptuary laws, or using coarse language, or otherwise offending against the standards that helped them all stay pure, it was a tithingman who tried, peacefully, to persuade them to mend their ways without the need of dire remedies."
• "And a man didn't last long as a tithingman in a New England town if he fancied himself to be possessed of some sort of personal authority."