Meaning & use
Tithable
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Subject to a tithe or similar tax; liable to be taxed.
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In colonial Virginia, tithable persons included adult men and enslaved workers of a certain age.
The estate's tithable produce was recorded in the parish ledger each autumn.
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A historical term still found in legal and genealogical records, particularly from colonial America.
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