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Definition of tithingman

Tithingman
Tithingman Tith"ing*man, n.; pl. Tithingmen. 1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. 2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable. 3. 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. [Local, U. S.]
tithingman
Headborough Head"bor*ough, Headborrow Head"bor*row n. 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]

Meaning of tithingman from wikipedia

- manor or civil parish. The tithing's leader or spokesman was known as a tithingman. The noun tithing breaks down as ten + thing, which is to say, a thing...
- a member of the Congregational Old South Church where he served as a tithingman. Josiah Franklin married his first wife, Anne Child (1655–1689), in 1677...
- In English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or chief pledge, referred historically to the head of the legal, administrative...
- thousands. In like manner there were the decurio among the Romans and the tithingman among the early English." The most common activity requiring a minyan...
- of ten families called tithings, each of which was overseen by a chief tithingman. Every household head was responsible for the good behavior of his own...
- Mīr-dah or Mīr-daha: Commander or superintendent of ten: decurion; a Tithingman Mīr-sāmān: Head steward Mīr-shikār: Master of the hunt, chief huntsman;...
- highways and cartways in town. Additionally, he was a constable and a tithingman. As such, he was responsible for maintaining moral family order. In 1639...
- house, and children sat in their own section under the oversight of a tithingman, who corrected unruly children (or sleeping adults) with a long staff...
- systems—January, month, Tuesday, year; and self-government—jureeman ('juryman'), tithingman ('tithe collector'), selectmons ('selectman'), consteppe ('constable')...
- Coopers an Honorary Liveryman of the Curriers' Company and an Honorary Tithingman of the Guildable Manor of Southwark. Barker was appointed Commander of...