Peculiar

Definition of Peculiar

Pe`cul´iar

One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.

And purify unto himself a peculiar people.

- Titus ii. 14.

Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself.

- Hooker.

Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat.

- Milton.

My fate is Juno's most peculiar care.

- Dryden.

Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiar appearance.

Beauty, which, either walking or asleep,
Shot forth peculiar graces.

- Milton.

For naught so vile that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good doth give.

- Shak.

That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.

Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven.

- South.

(Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.

Court of Peculiars
(Eng. Law) a branch of the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars.

Dean of peculiars
See under Dean, 1. - Blackstone.

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