bezahlt den zehnten von

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tithes
The old feudal right of the clergy to claim one tenth of all produce and animals within the parish Later changed to payment of monies and finally commuted from 1836
plural of tithe
Tithes The tenth part of an income donated for religious purposes Tithes were required by Mosaic law, which demanded payment in kind from all agricultural produce Church law also required tithes to maintain churches and clergy They were abolished in Britain in 1936
A tenth part of the produce of a family which was paid to the Church as a tax
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Three Required? See also Gifts, Offerings
Tithes were typically a local tax of one tenth of the years product of land and labour It was levied on a parish basis to support the parish priest, maintain the fabric of the church and support the poor of the parish It was originally a voluntary contribution and had its roots in the Anglo Saxon Frankpledge where groups of ten persons were largely responsible for each other within the group It was made compulsory in 10th century and was enforced both through the civil and ecclesiastical courts Tithes were divided into greater (rectorial) tithes, the product of the arable fields and value of stock, and lesser (vicarial) tithes, raised from labour and minor produce i e the day laborers and cottagers Where the Rector was not the incumbent he took a share of the greater tithes and his appointed vicar would have to survive on the lesser tithes supplemented by the glebe income and the freehold of the churchyard
Monetary support for the established church, taken from everyone of any substance no matter what their own beliefs Quakers made the abolition of tithes one of their main issues in the last years before the restoration (Hutton, 47)