(in the past) a tenth of the goods that somebody produced or the money that they earned, that was paid as a tax to support the Church (舊時按固定比例給教會的)什一稅 (in some Christian Churches today) a tenth of a person’s income, that they give to the Church (現在某些教友按收入的十分之一給基督教教會的)什一捐獻
Word OriginOld English tēotha (adjective in the ordinal sense ‘tenth’, used in a specialized sense as a noun), tēothian (verb).