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Meaning of first fruits | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering
plural, plural-only
The first profits from an undertaking
plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Suomi ensisato uutinen

Examples

“And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

first fundamental form first gear first gentleman first grade first grader First Guy