noun
Etymology
Origin of firstling
Example Sentences
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More important than a firstling mother's age is her general health, the normality of her construction.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the lunette upon the right on either side an altar gorgeously draped, Abel offers to God the firstling of his flock and Melchizedek Bread and Wine.
From Ravenna, a Study by Hutton, Edward
The first was Teucer's; with impetuous force He shot; but vow'd not to the Archer-King Of firstling lambs a solemn hecatomb.
From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of
The Bull said: "Israel's ancestor was 'the firstling bullock.'"
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul
"The firstling of his bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox."
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
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