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
- The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
- 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
- firstfruits
- first fruit
- first-fruit
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frutification, fruitage, frutage, foison, fructiculture, fruitification.
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