firstfruit
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit.
Noun
[edit]firstfruit (plural firstfruits)
- An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
- The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:16:
- For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
- 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
[edit]offering of the first of a harvest