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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tīth'ing-măn, n.

noun

n.; pl. TĪTH'ING-MĔN. [From tithing and man; A-S. teódhingmann.]

  1. (Anglo-Sax. Law.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. Blackstone.
  2. (Law.) A peace officer; an under constable.
  3. A parish officer annually elected to preserve good order in the church during divine service, and to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and enforce the observance of the Sabbath. [Local U. S.]