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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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