Both Uses of
tithe
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Since she seldom dealt with money, other than to take it in and to tithe to the church, I supposed that the weekly ten cents was to tell us that even she realized that a change had come over us, and that our new unfamiliarity caused her to treat us with a strangeness.
p. 113..5tithe = donate 10% of income
- ...he began to speak of Mrs. Taylor, "A godly woman, who gave to the poor, visited the sick, tithed to the church and in general lived a life of goodliness."
p. 161..1 *tithed = donated 10% of her income
Definition:
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(tithe) to donate a portion of one's income -- especially a tenth of income to a church; or the amount given