Meaning & use
tything
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An archaic variant of 'tithing,' a small administrative division of medieval English local government traditionally made up of about ten households.
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In Anglo-Saxon law, each tything was collectively responsible for keeping order among its members.
The manor court recorded a land dispute within the local tything.
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Rooted in the old 'frankpledge' system, in which groups of households answered collectively for one another's conduct.
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