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peculiar
(mass) | peculiar
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peculiar
(encz) | peculiar,podivný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
peculiar
(encz) | peculiar,specifický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
peculiar
(encz) | peculiar,výstřední adj: Zdeněk Brož |
peculiar
(encz) | peculiar,zvláštní adj: |
Peculiar
(gcide) | Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, a. [L. peculiaris, fr. peculium private
property, akin to pecunia money: cf. OF. peculier. See
Pecuniary.]
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.
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And purify unto himself a peculiar people. --Titus
ii. 14.
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Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto
itself. --Hooker.
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2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
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While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat.
--Milton.
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My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. --Dryden.
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3. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a
peculiar appearance.
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Syn: Peculiar, Special, Especial.
Usage: 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.
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Beauty, which, either walking or asleep,
Shot forth peculiar graces. --Milton.
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For naught so vile that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good doth give.
--Shak.
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Peculiar
(gcide) | Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n.
1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a
prerogative; a characteristic.
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Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South.
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2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is
exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
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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.
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peculiar
(wn) | peculiar
adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a
curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang";
"they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd
name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something
definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow";
"singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd,
peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular]
2: unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the
particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference
for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them";
"an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to
the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own
special chair" [syn: particular(a), peculiar(a),
special(a)]
3: markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of
stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar
insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia
Woolf
4: characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the
peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney |
PECULIAR
(bouvier) | PECULIAR, eccl. law. In England, a particular parish or church, which has,
within itself, independent of the ordinary jurisdiction, power to grant
probate of wills, and the like. 1 Eng. Eccl. R. 72, note; Shelf. on Mar. &
Div. 538. Vide Court of peculiars.
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peculiar velocity
(encz) | peculiar velocity, n: |
peculiarities
(encz) | peculiarities,zvláštnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
peculiarity
(encz) | peculiarity,zvláštnost n: luke |
peculiarly
(encz) | peculiarly,nezvykle adv: Zdeněk Brožpeculiarly,případně adv: zvláštním způsobem web |
Court of Peculiars
(gcide) | Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n.
1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a
prerogative; a characteristic.
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Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South.
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2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is
exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
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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.
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Dean of peculiars
(gcide) | Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n.
1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a
prerogative; a characteristic.
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Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South.
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2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is
exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen,
eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten,
one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks,
from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir.]
1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical
and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary,
subordinate to a bishop.
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Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter;
he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to
bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its
estates.
Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has
some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the
jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.]
Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care
and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or
districts of the diocese.
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2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and
Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard
to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley.
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3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some
colleges or universities.
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4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of
a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific
department. [U.S.]
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5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony;
as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by
courtesy.
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Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of
cardinals at Rome. --Shipley.
Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body
of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and
his canons or prebendaries.
Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches.
Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or
barristers; specifically, the president of the
incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh.
Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and
still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty
is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see
that they conform to the law.
Dean of a monastery, Monastic dean, a monastic superior
over ten monks.
Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal.
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Peculiar
(gcide) | Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, a. [L. peculiaris, fr. peculium private
property, akin to pecunia money: cf. OF. peculier. See
Pecuniary.]
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.
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And purify unto himself a peculiar people. --Titus
ii. 14.
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Hymns . . . that Christianity hath peculiar unto
itself. --Hooker.
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2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
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While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat.
--Milton.
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My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. --Dryden.
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3. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a
peculiar appearance.
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Syn: Peculiar, Special, Especial.
Usage: 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.
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Beauty, which, either walking or asleep,
Shot forth peculiar graces. --Milton.
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For naught so vile that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good doth give.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n.
1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a
prerogative; a characteristic.
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Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South.
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2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is
exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
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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.
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Peculiarities
(gcide) | Peculiarity \Pe*cul`iar"i*ty\ (p[-e]*k[=u]l`y[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]),
n.; pl. Peculiarities (p[-e]*k[=u]l`y[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z).
1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality;
singularity. --Swift.
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2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive
characteristic or habit; particularity.
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The smallest peculiarity of temper or manner.
--Macaulay.
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3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Peculiarity
(gcide) | Peculiarity \Pe*cul`iar"i*ty\ (p[-e]*k[=u]l`y[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]),
n.; pl. Peculiarities (p[-e]*k[=u]l`y[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z).
1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality;
singularity. --Swift.
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2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive
characteristic or habit; particularity.
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The smallest peculiarity of temper or manner.
--Macaulay.
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3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Peculiarize
(gcide) | Peculiarize \Pe*cul"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Peculiarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Peculiarizing.]
To make peculiar; to set apart or assign, as an exclusive
possession. [R.] --Dr. John Smith.
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Peculiarized
(gcide) | Peculiarize \Pe*cul"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Peculiarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Peculiarizing.]
To make peculiar; to set apart or assign, as an exclusive
possession. [R.] --Dr. John Smith.
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Peculiarizing
(gcide) | Peculiarize \Pe*cul"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Peculiarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Peculiarizing.]
To make peculiar; to set apart or assign, as an exclusive
possession. [R.] --Dr. John Smith.
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Peculiarly
(gcide) | Peculiarly \Pe*cul"iar*ly\, adv.
In a peculiar manner; particularly; in a rare and striking
degree; unusually.
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Peculiarness
(gcide) | Peculiarness \Pe*cul"iar*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. --Mede.
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peculiar velocity
(wn) | peculiar velocity
n 1: velocity with respect to the local standard of rest |
peculiarity
(wn) | peculiarity
n 1: an odd or unusual characteristic [syn: peculiarity,
distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic]
2: a distinguishing trait [syn: peculiarity, specialness,
specialty, speciality, distinctiveness]
3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn:
curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity,
rarity] |
peculiarly
(wn) | peculiarly
adv 1: uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly
cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon";
"everyone has a moment in history which belongs
particularly to him"- John Knowles [syn: peculiarly,
particularly]
2: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a
curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
[syn: curiously, oddly, peculiarly]
3: to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he
was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly
gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances";
"an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the
danger" [syn: particularly, peculiarly, especially,
specially] |
COURT OF PECULIARS
(bouvier) | COURT OF PECULIARS, Eng. eccl. law. The name of a court, which is a branch
of, and annexed to, the. court of arches.
2. It has jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the
province of Canterbury, in the midst of other dioceses. In the other
peculiars, the jurisdiction is exercised by commissaries. 1 Phill. R. 202,
n.
3. There are three sorts of peculiars 1. Royal peculiars. 3 Phill. R.
245. 2. The second sort are those in which the bishop has no concurrent
jurisdiction, and are exempt from his visitation. 3. The third are subject
to the bishop's visitation, and liable to his superintendence and
jurisdiction. 3 Phill. R. 245; Skinn. R. 589.
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PECULIAR
(bouvier) | PECULIAR, eccl. law. In England, a particular parish or church, which has,
within itself, independent of the ordinary jurisdiction, power to grant
probate of wills, and the like. 1 Eng. Eccl. R. 72, note; Shelf. on Mar. &
Div. 538. Vide Court of peculiars.
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