Firstfruits

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.

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

3.nounCeremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.

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