English Explanatory Dictionary

Peculiar People

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several Christian sects who have used this biblical description as a self-appellation, as:
  2. The Quakers.
  3. The Amish.
  4. A Christian movement, originally an offshoot of the Wesleyan denomination, founded in 1838 in Rochford, Essex.

Word forms

Peculiar People the Peculiar People

Etymology

In reference to any of several places in the Bible where "a peculiar people", a people set apart from others, is mentioned, such as Deuteronomy 14:2, 1 Peter 2:9, and Titus 2:14: for example, "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth" (Deuteronomy 14:2).

Related words

Chosen People
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