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decima — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tenth adjective Coming after the ninth in a sequence; the ordinal form of ten.
  • tithe noun A payment of one tenth of a person's income given to a church, traditionally as a religious obligation.

Senses

decima is used for these senses in English:

  • tenth Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
  • tithe (historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.

tenth — full definition

  1. adjective Coming after the ninth in a sequence; the ordinal form of ten.
  2. noun One of ten equal parts of a whole.

tithe — full definition

  1. noun A payment of one tenth of a person's income given to a church, traditionally as a religious obligation.
  2. verb To pay a tenth of your income to a church, or to give regularly in this way.
  3. noun Historically, a tax of one tenth of the annual produce of land or livestock, paid to support the parish church and clergy.

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