peculiar

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. a. Particular; individual; special; appropriate. Source: opted

3. a. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance. Source: opted

4. n. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. Source: opted

5. n. A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. Source: opted

6. adj. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected Source: wordnet

7. adj. unique or specific to a person or thing or category Source: wordnet

8. adj. markedly different from the usual; special Source: wordnet

9. adj. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special Source: wordnet

10. 1. 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. 2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate. While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat. Milton. My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. Dryden. 3. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance. Syn. -- Peculiar, Special, Especial. Peculiar is from the Roman peculium, which was a thing emphatically and distinctively one's own, and hence was dear. The former sense always belongs to peculiar (as, a peculiar style, peculiar manners, etc.), and usually so much of the latter as to involve feelings of interest; as, peculiar care, watchfulness, satisfaction, etc. Nothing of this kind belongs to special and especial. They mark simply the relation of species to genus, and denote that there is something in this case more than ordinary; as, a special act of Congress; especial pains, etc. 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. 1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. South. 2. (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. Blackstone. -- Dean of peculiars. See under Dean, 1. Source: webster

11. A particular parish or church which is exempt from thejurisdiction of the ordinary. Court of Peculiars (Eng. Law), a branchof the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars.Blackstone.-- Dean of peculiars. See under Dean, 1. Source: adambom

12. j:100 s. markedly different from the usual s. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special Source: ecdict

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