peculiars
- 1Plural of peculiar.
Several ancient peculiars answered directly to the crown rather than to the diocese around them.
Most of these peculiars were absorbed into ordinary church jurisdiction during the nineteenth century.
Note
Only the noun can take this -s; the adjective peculiar, the everyday word for odd or distinctive, has no plural. So peculiars always means things: either exclusive properties and prerogatives, or, in British church usage, parishes and chapels standing outside their diocesan bishop's jurisdiction. Seeing the plural is a reliable sign that one of these noun meanings, not oddness, is in play.
peculiars is a form of peculiar
peculiar, noun: A quality, right, or property belonging exclusively to one person, group, or thing; a distinguishing characteristic. Full entry
- Forms
- peculiarpeculiars plural
- Spelling
- peculiar → peculiars: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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