单词 |
tithing-man |
释义 |
ˈtithing-man2 [f. tithing vbl. n.] A collector of tithes; a tithe-proctor.
1625Burges Pers. Tithes 60, I will produce Mr. Selden (none of the best Proctors for vs Tithing-men, but One with whom we poore Vicars are daily nosed). 1693Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 103 Tything men 3 entred y⊇ Fields. 1736Gentl. Mag. VI. 705/2 He may often lose his whole Crop, in waiting for the Incumbent's Tything-man. 1807–8Syd. Smith Plymley's Lett. Wks. 1859 II. 145/2 Soften some of the most odious powers of the tything-man. |

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