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their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. Neh. xiii. 5.

One who collects tithes. Milton.

The doctrine of antitheists. -- An`ti*the*is"tic, a.

A disbeliever in the existence of God.

The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon.

Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

By way antithesis.

Not subjected tithes.

Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.

The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. Shipley.

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

To infect or pollute; to corrupt. Addison. A tithe purloined canker the whole estate. Herbert.

ny, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet. -- Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a…

diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the…

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.

Same as Cumin. Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.

To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson.

A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe.