什じゅう一いち

noun

tithe

Historical term for a one-tenth tax or offering, especially in religious contexts. Rare in modern Japanese; usually encountered in discussions of history or religion.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、農のう民みんは教きょう会かいに什じゅう一いちを納おさめていた。

  In medieval Europe, peasants paid a tithe to the church.