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Peculiar People

Peculiar People noun: the Quakers.

Noun

the Peculiar People pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The Quakers.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The Amish.
  3. (historical, plural, plural-only) A Christian movement, originally an offshoot of the Wesleyan denomination, founded in 1838 in Rochford, Essex.

Origin of Peculiar People

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).

Questions about Peculiar People

What does Peculiar People mean?
Peculiar People means the Quakers.
What part of speech is Peculiar People?
Peculiar People is a noun.

Words near Peculiar People in the dictionary

  1. peculia
  2. peculiar
  3. peculiar institution
  4. peculiar motion
  5. peculiar motions
  6. Peculiar People
  7. peculiar velocities
  8. peculiar velocity
  9. peculiaries
  10. peculiarise
  11. peculiarised

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