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plural firstfruits
An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits. examples
The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message. quotations examples
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, […], 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. examples