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peculiar /pə- or pi-kūˈlyər or -li-ər/ adjective- Odd, strange
- Own
- Of one's own
- Belonging exclusively (to)
- Privately owned
- Appropriated
- Preserved
- Characteristic
- Special (to)
- Very particular
- Having eccentric or individual variations in relation to the general or predicted pattern, as in peculiar motion or velocity (astronomy)
- (of a star) having a variable magnetic field
noun- A parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop in whose diocese it is placed
- Anything exempt from ordinary jurisdiction
- Private property or right (obsolete)
- (usu with cap) one of the Peculiar People (see below)
- A type of unusual kind that has to be specially cast (printing)
ORIGIN: L pecūlium private property peculiarity /-li-arˈi-ti/ noun - The quality of being peculiar or singular
- That which is found in one and in no other
- Something which distinguishes anything from others
- Idiosyncrasy
- Individuality
- Oddity
pecuˈliarize or pecuˈliarise transitive verb To set apart pecuˈliarly adverb pecuˈlium noun Private property, esp that given by a father to a son, etc peculiar motion see proper motion under proper Peculiar People noun - The Jews, as God's chosen people (Deuteronomy 26.18, Titus 2.14)
- An Evangelical denomination, founded in 1838, believing in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, and practising believers' baptism, Holy Communion, and Divine healing
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