Peculiar People

English

Etymology

In reference to Deuteronomy 14:2 in the Bible (KJV): "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."

Noun

Peculiar People pl (plural only)

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