ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Firstfruit

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Firstfruit is a noun meaning An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.

Meaning

An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.

More Meanings

  1. The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
  2. 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.

Example Sentences

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include frutification, fruitage, frutage, foison, fructiculture, fruitification.

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