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  • noun Plural form of firstfruit.
  • noun Offering of the first of the harvest.

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Examples

  • The firstfruits, that is, the first of all crops, were also offered to God.

    RCIA Presentation: The Old Testament 2007

  • The firstfruits, that is, the first of all crops, were also offered to God.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

    First Chapter - St. James Esther 2009

  • He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

    Archive 2009-04-12 Esther 2009

  • Um ... not sure what all that "firstfruits" and "Ingathering" stuff is about, but I like the part about driving out nations and protecting my turf.

    Archive 2008-07-01 LuLu 2008

  • Um ... not sure what all that "firstfruits" and "Ingathering" stuff is about, but I like the part about driving out nations and protecting my turf.

    Feel the morality. FEEL IT, I say! CC 2008

  • Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

    James 1. 1999

  • It is passing strange that He should love us so much, and wish to unveil Himself to us, 'that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.'

    Letters to His Friends Forbes Robinson

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