firstfruitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first +‎ fruit.

名詞

firstfruit (複数形 firstfruits)

1. An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
2. The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:16:

     For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

3. 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.

参考

• forefruit