tithe barn
- noun
- Archaic
:
granero de diezmos
- The old tithe barn has been restored beautifully.
Examples
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The old tithe barn at the edge of the village is now a museum about medieval agriculture.
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Many tithe barns can be found in rural England.
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Historic tithe barns can still be seen in some rural parts of England.
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The harvest was collected in the tithe barn before being distributed to the church.
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The farmer stored the harvested grains in his tithe barn to keep them safe until the harvest festival.
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In the quaint village, the old tithe barn serves as a historical reminder of how crops were collected for the church.
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During the summer, the community holds events at the tithe barn, celebrating the tradition of sharing agricultural produce.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large farm building for storing hay or keeping animals
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2.0
A building on a farm used to keep animals, crops, or farm tools
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'tithe' (a tenth of produce given) + 'barn' (a storage building) yields a barn used to store tithes. Even though the institution of tithes is historical, the noun–noun compound follows normal English patterns, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun tithe barn comes from a time when farmers gave a tithe, 'one tenth', of their crops to the church and the church stored those goods in a barn. So a tithe barn is simply the barn where the church kept those payments.