tithing-manとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

tithing +‎ -man

名詞

tithingman (複数形 tithingmen)

1. (law, historical) The chief of a tithing.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     [...] We that are wisely mounted higher
     Than constables, in curule wit,
     When on tribunal bench we sit,
     Like speculators, should foresee,
     From Pharos of authority,
     Portended mischiefs farther than
     Low proletarian tything-men [...]

2. (obsolete) A ruler or leader of ten men; a decurion.
3. (Britain, law) A peace officer; an underconstable.
4. (US, Maryland かつ New England 方言, historical) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.
5. A tithe proctor: a collector of tithes.

同意語

• (chief of a tithing): headborough, decener, borsholder
• (peace officer): See underconstable
• (collector of tithes): See tithe proctor

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