Meanings
nounfirstfruit (plural firstfruits)
plural firstfruits · alternative first fruit · alternative first-fruit
- An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
- The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:16 - 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.
Origin
- Middle Englishfirste fruyt
- Englishfirstfruit
From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit.
More words from Middle English
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Chinese Mandarin 初熟的果子
- 初熟的果子 (chūshú de guǒzǐ)first growth
Finnish uutiset, ensisato
- uutisetoffering of the first of a harvest
- ensisatofirst growth
- uutinenfirst growth
Indonesian sulung
- sulungoffering of the first of a harvest
Māori tūāpora
- tūāporaoffering of the first of a harvest
Polish pierwocina
- pierwocinaoffering of the first of a harvest
Portuguese primícia, primícias
- primíciaoffering of the first of a harvest
- primíciasoffering of the first of a harvest
Romanian pârgă
- pârgăoffering of the first of a harvest
Spanish primicia, primicias
- primiciaoffering of the first of a harvest
- primiciasoffering of the first of a harvest
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