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PECULIAR , a word now generally used in the sense of that which solely or exclusively belongs to,or is particularly characteristic of, an individual; hence See also:

STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange, See also:

ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd, queer. The See also:

Lat. peculiaris meant primarily " belonging to private See also:

PROPERTY

property," and is formed from peculium, private property, particularly the property given by a paterfamilias to his See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, or by a See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master to his slave, to enjoy as their own. As a See also:

TERM

term of ecclesiastical See also:

law " peculiar " is applied to those ecclesiastical districts, parishes, chapels or churches, once numerous in See also:

England, which were outside the See also:

jurisdiction of the See also:

bishop of the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese in which they were situated, and were subject to a jurisdiction " peculiar " to themselves. They were introduced originally, in many cases by papal authority, in See also:

order to limit the See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of the bishop in his diocese. There were royal peculiars, e.g. the See also:

CHAPEL

Chapel Royal St See also:

James's, or St See also:

George's See also:

Windsor, peculiars of the See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, over certain of which the See also:

Court of Peculiars exercised jurisdiction (see See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

ARCHES, COURT OF), and peculiars of bishops and deans (see See also:

DEAN). The jurisdiction and privileges of the " peculiars " were abolished by statutory powers given to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Acts 1836 and 185o, by the Pluralities See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1838, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1849, and other statutes.

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