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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62241" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62241" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> PECU'LIAR, a. L. peculiaris, from peculium, one's own property, from pecus, cattle. </p> 1. Appropriate belonging to a person and to him only. Almost every writer has a peculiar style. Most men have manners peculiar to themselves. 2. [[Singular]] particular. The man has something peculiar in his deportment. 3. [[Particular]] special. <p> My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. </p> <p> Most cannot, in strict propriety, be prefixed to peculiar, but it is used to give emphasis to the word. </p> 4. [[Belonging]] to a nation,system or other thing, and not to others. <p> PECU'LIAR, n. Exclusive property that which belongs to a person in exclusion of others. </p> 1. In the canon law, a particular parish or church which has the probate of wills within itself, exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop's court. <p> Court of peculiars, in England, is a branch of the court of arches. It has jurisdiction over all the parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, in the midst of other dioceses, which are exempt from the ordinary jurisdiction, and subject to the metropolitan only. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155022" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155022" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Particular; individual; special; appropriate. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33139" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33139" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55136" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55136" /> == | ||
<p> (Fr. peculier, i.e. private) is in English ecclesiastical law a particular parish or church having jurisdiction within itself, and which is not subject to the ordinary of the diocese in which it is locally situated, but has an ordinary of its own. There are various kinds of peculiars: </p> <p> '''1.''' [[Royal]] peculiars, subject only to the king. The king's chapel is a royal peculiar, reserved to the immediate government of the king himself. </p> <p> '''2.''' Archbishops' peculiars, exclusive of the jurisdiction of bishops and archdeacons. The archbishop has many such peculiars, it being an ancient privilege of the see of [[Canterbury]] that whenever any manors or advowsons belong to it, they forthwith become exempt from the ordinary, and are peculiars to that see. </p> <p> '''3.''' Bishops' peculiars, exclusive of the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in- which they are situated. </p> <p> '''4.''' Peculiars of bishops in their own diocese, exclusive of archidiaconal jurisdiction. </p> <p> '''5.''' Peculiars of deans, deans and chapters, prebendaries, and the like, which are places wherein, by ancient compositions, the bishops have parted with their jurisdiction. Under the statute 1 [[George]] | <p> (Fr. peculier, i.e. private) is in English ecclesiastical law a particular parish or church having jurisdiction within itself, and which is not subject to the ordinary of the diocese in which it is locally situated, but has an ordinary of its own. There are various kinds of peculiars: </p> <p> '''1.''' [[Royal]] peculiars, subject only to the king. The king's chapel is a royal peculiar, reserved to the immediate government of the king himself. </p> <p> '''2.''' Archbishops' peculiars, exclusive of the jurisdiction of bishops and archdeacons. The archbishop has many such peculiars, it being an ancient privilege of the see of [[Canterbury]] that whenever any manors or advowsons belong to it, they forthwith become exempt from the ordinary, and are peculiars to that see. </p> <p> '''3.''' Bishops' peculiars, exclusive of the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in- which they are situated. </p> <p> '''4.''' Peculiars of bishops in their own diocese, exclusive of archidiaconal jurisdiction. </p> <p> '''5.''' Peculiars of deans, deans and chapters, prebendaries, and the like, which are places wherein, by ancient compositions, the bishops have parted with their jurisdiction. Under the statute 1 [[George]] I and II, c. 10, all donatives (which are in their nature peculiars) receiving augmentation from queen Anne's bounty are thenceforth to become subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese. (See [[Donative]]). </p> | ||
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