tithable

[ tahy-thuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. subject to the payment of tithes.

tithable

/ ˈtaɪðəbəl /

adjective

1. (until 1936) liable to pay tithes
2. (of property, etc) subject to the payment of tithes

Other Words From

• un·titha·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tithable¹

First recorded in 1400–50, tithable is from the late Middle English word tythable. See tithe, -able

Example Sentences

It’s a lot of stuff like this, from 1735: “Ordered that the Church Wardens receive from each tithable person within this parish the sum of seven pounds of tobacco, it being the net of the parish levy for this present year.”

From Washington Post

Whilst the elder sister Alice despatched the graver duties of the housekeeping, she had consigned to Blanche the not less important care of summoning the guests, and the maiden was now seated at the table with pen in hand registering the names of those who had been, or were to be invited to the feast,—or in other words making a census of pretty nearly the whole tithable population of St. Mary's and its dependencies.

From Project Gutenberg

They recommended to the Assembly various measures for the relief of the people's grievances—among them reduction of salaries of the Burgesses to "such moderate rates as may render them less grievous and burdensome to the country," a new election of representatives every two years, cutting off the allowance for "liquors drank by any members of committees," and other perquisites for which the "tithable polls" had to pay so dearly.

From Project Gutenberg

They call all negroes above sixteen years of age tithable, be they male or female, and all white men of the same age; but children and white women are exempted from all manner of duties.

From Project Gutenberg

That a true account of all these tithable persons may be had, they are annually listed in crop time, by the justices of each county respectively; and the masters of families are obliged, under great penalties, then to deliver to those justices a true list of all the tithable persons in their families.

From Project Gutenberg