Definition of tithings:
(n) :
The tithe given as an offering to the church.
(n) :
The payment of tithes.
(n) :
A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
(n) :
The collection of tithes.
(n) :
(historical, law) A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
(n) :
(historical, law) A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.