"firstfruit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firstfruits [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|firste fruyt}} Middle English firste fruyt, {{af|en|first|fruit}} first + fruit Head templates: {{en-noun}} firstfruit (plural firstfruits)
  1. An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits. Translations (offering of the first of a harvest): uutiset [plural] (Finnish), primicias [feminine, plural] (Galician), bkir (Maltese), tūāpora (Maori), pierwocina [feminine] (Polish), primícia [feminine] (Portuguese), primícias [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), pârgă [neuter] (Romanian), primicia [feminine] (Spanish), primicias [feminine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-firstfruit-en-noun-IHezAtqe Disambiguation of 'offering of the first of a harvest': 65 10 25
  2. The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message. Translations (first growth): ensisato (Finnish), uutinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-firstfruit-en-noun-ZcS9sBRP Disambiguation of 'first growth': 16 78 5
  3. 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.
    Sense id: en-firstfruit-en-noun-h~YYIXXl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 17 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 12 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 5 12 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 4 8 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 10 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 9 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 11 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 7 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: first fruit, first-fruit Related terms: forefruit

Inflected forms

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