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first fruits
Example Sentences
It was within a week of our engagement, so that I had not to wait long for these first-fruits of my extraordinary position.
They were the first-fruits offered to the Son of God after his incarnation, and their blood the first that flowed on his account.
May I now, therefore, Illustrious Prince, presume to lay the first-fruits of my juvenile labors at the foot of your throne?
Alas, the first-fruits of my acquaintance with the Philanthus promised me more than the future held in store for me!
Perhaps it refers to his claiming for himself the first-fruits due to the gods, a legend mentioned by Macrobius.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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