| 单词 | first-fruit offering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst-fruit offering C1. attributive, as first-fruit offering. ΚΠ 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 109 I..would to you, O goddesse you, giue vp my firste fruit offeringes. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love Prol. sig. a2v We..bring this day, The First-fruit Offering of a Virgin Play. 1800 G. Wakefield tr. Dio Chrysostom Sel. Ess. 22 Dances too may be indulged, of a spirit congenial with these songs;... performed as a first-fruit offering to the Gods. 1839 Athenæum 19 Oct. 789/2 Among the first-fruit offerings of the season is The Gift, from the other side of the Atlantic. 1903 J. Y. Gibson Story of Zulus (1911) xiv. 144 The regiments..were at the royal kraal for the first-fruit festival. 1970 A. F. C. Wallace & S. C. Steen Death & Rebirth of the Seneca (1972) i. 17 June is the time of the Strawberry Festival, the first fruits ceremony. 1996 B. S. Spaeth Rom. Goddess Ceres v. 112 First-fruit offerings were made to agricultural deities. < as lemmas |
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