Food & drink pronunciation

firstfruits

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Meaning

noun

An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.

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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