firstfruit
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit.
Noun
firstfruit (plural firstfruits)
- An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
- The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
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- For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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- Ceremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.
Translations
An offering of the first of a harvest