2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon.

Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. — Mixed tithes, tithes of

wool, milk, pigs, etc. — Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. —

Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the

government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding

for, tithes. [Eng.] Simmonds.

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