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- noun Singular of
firstfruits , an offering of the first of the harvest. - noun The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
- noun 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.
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Examples
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The lodge was a ruin of black granite and bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half constructed, the firstfruit of Sir Charles's South African gold.
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For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
Deuteronomy 18. 1999
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Romans 11. 1999
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For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision
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For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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The lodge was a ruin of black granite and bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half constructed, the firstfruit of Sir Charles's South African gold.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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