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Peculiar People
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English
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).
Noun
p Peculiar People 1
en Christianity Any of several Christian sects who have used this biblical description as a self-appellation, as:
en Quakers The Quakers.
en Amish The Amish.
en UEC, Union of Evangelical Churches en historical A Christian movement, originally an offshoot of the Wesleyan denomination, founded in 1838 in Rochford, Essex.
Related terms
en Chosen People
en Quakerism