Tenth (?), n.
1. The next
in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe. Shak.
4. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the
tone represented on the tenth degree of the
staff above it, as between one of the scale
and three of the octave
above; the octave of the
third.
5. pl.
(Eng. Law) (a) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of
all the movables belonging to the subject. (b) (Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the
kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown.
It now forms a
part of the
fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.
Burrill.
Tenth (?), a. [From Ten: cf. OE.
tethe, AS. teó&?;a. See Ten, and cf. Tithe.]
1. Next in order
after the ninth; coming after nine others.
2. Constituting or being one of
ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
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