How to Use tithe in a Sentence

tithe

noun

• One in 3 say tithes can go to help a person who is in need.
  — Adelle M. Banks, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
• This week's portion includes the law of viduy ma'asrot-confession of the tithes.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 5 Sep. 2017
• According to the Torah, tithes are taken from the crops in three year cycles.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 5 Sep. 2017
• The Bible and the Torah embrace the notion of a tithe, in which everyone sets aside a tenth of their earnings to give away.
  — Alyssa A. Dirusso, The Conversation, 30 July 2019
• Every six years, the Norse in Greenland and Iceland paid a tithe to the Norwegian king.
  — Tim Folger, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• Every six years, the Norse in Greenland and Iceland paid a tithe to the Norwegian king.
  — Tim Folger, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• And take a tithe from the drug production that their fall from power allowed.
  — Sam Kiley, CNN, 15 Aug. 2021
• A lot of those people support white supremacy, and the SBC doesn’t want to lose those tithes and offerings.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 14 June 2017
• Instead of a tithe, the price for their admission to this sanctuary is $250 per month.
  — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 20 Apr. 2018
• Destiny Church's bylaws call for the congregation to give away 10 percent of the tithes that come in each year.
  — Julie Zauzmer, Houston Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2018
• The church also has an app members can download to watch sermons, get updates and even tithe from their phones.
  — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
• During the next six months, MacAskill and Ord enjoined their friends and other moral philosophers to pledge a secular tithe.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
• Their tithes are distributed to each religious group according to the size of its flock.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• The tithe, of course, refers to the tenth of one’s income that conservative Protestants are largely taught to pay to the church in gratitude for what God has done.
  — James Hudnut-Beumler, Washington Post, 6 July 2017
• After two of these cycles fully take place, the sabbatical year (the seventh year) occurs when no tithe is taken at all.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2020
• The people of the capital city rail at the cost of living, the taxes imposed on electricity and gasoline, the tithes collected in the name of the war effort from all small businesses.
  — TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• The payment of a tithe, 10 percent of a church member’s income, is one of the requirements for entering a temple once it is dedicated.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 27 Oct. 2017
• That August, the feudal system and tithes were abolished and the Declaration of the Rights of Man enumerated the principles of the revolution.
  — Merrill Fabry, Time, 13 July 2017
• The Torah, immediately preceding the laws of the holidays in Deuteronomy, mentions the laws of giving tithes.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• Priorities were, in order: 10 percent tithe, 20 percent savings, pay taxes, figure out how to live on what was left.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2019
• In the unlikely circumstance that a ruler gave a gift to a peasant, the recipient was expected to give something back as a debt of gratitude — in the form of loyalty, a tribute or a tithe.
  — Diana Butler Bass, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2017
• Among other things, the agreement requires breakaway congregations to pay an additional tithe based on their income over the past 12 months.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2023
• And the Abby’s desire to have more local fruit production led to the distribution of land tracts to local farmers for production of fruit trees – in exchange for an annual tithe paid to the Abby, of course!
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 21 July 2017
• Nielsen's complaint is sharply critical of church leaders for continuing to ask for tithes, even from members who are struggling financially, while the church sits on a fortune.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2019
• The ministry sent someone from Imperial Valley to establish the affiliates, who were required to send back 10% of their tithes, Tenorio said.
  — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
• In 2013, a former Comando Vermelho soldier told investigators that Pereira was laundering drug money in the form of tithes to his church.
  — Alex Cuadros, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Some of the larger churches have begun using apps that allow members to pay their tithes using the information from their bank accounts online with either their computer or their cell phone.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2020
• In order to ensure that all Muslims can participate in Eid al-Fitr regardless of their financial circumstances, Muslims pay a tithe called zakat al-fitr.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
• Church leaders had anticipated that: outside the auditorium were rows of card machines, and inside, bank numbers flashed on a giant screen so worshipers could transfer their tithes instead.
  — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• One ingredient — black pepper — was especially prized in medieval times: Monasteries and convents accepted pepper, which was once as precious as gold, as a tithe, in place of currency.
  — Amy Bizzarri, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024