adj.
- strange or odd.
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(peculiar to)
belonging exclusively to.
- particular; special.
n.
chiefly Brit. a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from L. peculiaris ‘of private property’, from peculium ‘property’, from pecu ‘cattle’.