tithable

American  

[tahy-thuh-buhl] / ˈtaɪ ðə bəl /

adjective

1. subject to the payment of tithes.

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tithable British  

/ ˈtaɪðəbəl /

adjective

1. (until 1936) liable to pay tithes

2. (of property, etc) subject to the payment of tithes

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Other Word Forms

• untithable adjective

Etymology

Origin of tithable

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

Example Sentences

The law of 1645 provided for a tax on property and tithable persons.

From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

Public levies are such as are proportioned and laid equally, by the general assembly, upon every tithable person throughout the whole colony.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

The three levies were all collected by the sheriffs; they averaged about one hundred pounds of tobacco for each tithable, the aggregate amounting to two millions of pounds per annum.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

Negro children imported had their ages recorded by the court, and became tithable at the age of twelve years.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

But church lands are not tithable, even though they be within the boundaries of another parish.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint