tithingman

Definitions

• (legal) The chief of a tithing.
• (obsolete) A ruler or leader of ten men; a decurion.
• (UK) A peace officer; an underconstable.
• (US) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.
• A tithe proctor: a collector of tithes.